The Reason Sport Is Attractive To Many

It Seems Quite Impossible To Walk In America.

Without The Concentration Of The Mind And The Will, Performance Would Not Result.

The Reason Sport Is Attractive To Many Of The General Public Is That It's Filled With Reversals. What You Think May Happen Doesn't Happen. A Champion Is Beaten, An Unknown Becomes A Champion.

I Lived On The Top Of One Hill And The School Was At The Top Of Another Hill. Nobody Ever Went To School By Car - We Didn't Have Any Cars During The War. So That To And From School Was Itself A Training.

Whether We Athletes Liked It Or Not, The 4-minute Mile Had Become Rather Like An Everest: A Challenge To The Human Spirit, It Was A Barrier That Seemed To Defy All Attempts To Break It, An Irksome Reminder That Men's Striving Might Be In Vain.