The Greatest Stimulator Of My Running Career

I Had A Dual Goal In My Running That Was To Win And To Achieve Excellence, So I Was Never Happy With A Slow Tactical Time. If The Race Were Slow I Would Get In Front And Pull It Up Again. I Couldn't Stand A Slow Race. A Lot Of People Seem To Get Screwed Up On Tactics. There Is Only One Tactic In A Race And That Is To Always Be In A Position Where You Can Win It.

I Hadn't A Clue Who I Was Racing Against. All I Knew Was How I Was Going To Race.

The Important Thing Is The Attitude Of The Athlete, The Desire To Get To The Top.

Poetry, Music, Forests, Oceans, Solitude-they Were What Developed Enormous Spiritual Strength. I Came To Realize That Spirit, As Much Or More Than Physical Conditioning, Had To Be Stored Up Before A Race.

The Single Biggest Change In Middle-distance Running, From The 1500 Metres To 10,000 Metres, Has Been The Track Surface.