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Every Time I Ran The Mile I Was Aware Of My Own Weakness, There Was Some Opponent Who Could Give Me A Hell Of A Fight, So I Never Went Into A Race With A Sense Of Invincibility. I Always Had That Feeling Of Fragility And Nerves Which Made Me Run Faster.

I Came From Such A Simple Origin, Without Any Great Privilege, And I Would Say I Also Wanted To Make A Mark. It Wasn't Until I Was About 15 That I Appeared In A Race.

Your Spikes, Which Were Really Quite Long Then, Would Catch The Material Of The Track And Your Shoe Would Get Heavier. I Was Simply Filing Them Down And Rubbing Some Graphite On The Spikes, So That I Thought I Would Run More Effectively.

I Was Playing Rugby And The Other Games English School Children Do, And There Was An Event Which Was Planned In Which Races Were Run, And I Simply Just Won These By A Considerable Margin

My Athleticism Was Really The Core To Social Acceptance, Because In Those Days The Overwhelming Number Of Students Came From More Of A Public School Background Than I Did.