I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

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.

Just because they say it's impossible doesn't mean you can't do it.

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales, where walking was part of the holiday.

Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the last minute. Sport, like all life, is about taking risks.

We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves

To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence. But fear must play some part...no relaxation is possible, and all discretion is thrown into the wind.

Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.

No longer conscious of my movement, I discovered a new unity with nature. I had found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never dreamt existed.

If your mind is not at peace you cannot find it anywhere else in the world.

drenching his shirt with saltwater

Live and let live.Love thyself, in order to love thy man.Smart, independent women attract men.

The previously unloved may find it hard to believe that they are now loved; that is such a miracle, they feel; such a miracle.

At every hour of every day, I can tell you on which page of which book each school child in Italy is studying.

I don't know why I go to extremes.

And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose and it's always daisy-time.

When the dust of death has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn oracles, the common thoughts he yoked like horses draw like griffins.

Today, Paris is the capital of the world.

It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.