I Trained For Less Than Three-quarters Of

Life Was Very Simple. My Parents Had Come From The North Of England, Which Is A Fairly Rugged, Bleak, Hard-working Part Of England, And So There Was Not The Expectation Of Luxury.

I Trained For Less Than Three-quarters Of An Hour, Maybe Five Days A Week - I Didn't Have Time To Do More. But It Was All About Quality, Not Quantity - So I Didn't Waste Time Jogging, Ever.

The Human Spirit Is Indomitable. No One Can Ever Say You Must Not Run Faster Than This Or Jump Higher Than That. There Will Never Be A Time When The Human Spirit Will Not Be Able To Better Existing Records.

It's Amazing That More People Have Climbed Mount Everest Than Have Broken The 4-minute Mile.

Our House Was Bombed, And The Roof Fell In. We Were Sitting Under The Stairs Of The Basement, And We Were Quite Safe, But It Brought Home The Realization. In Two Nights 400 People Were Killed In Small Town.