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.

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

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.

It is the brain, not the heart or lungs, that is the critical organ.

The way to do is to be.

I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that.

My dad designed houses and was an architect for many years.

Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!

If you do the right thing, the right thing will come down the path.

If you spend your life thinking, "I wonder if today is when it ends," you're going to miss out on everything wonderful.

The human heart was undeniably the stupidest organ in the body.

We simply want to follow God because we knows of the happiness it will bring, that's the reason that we chose to be open about our beliefs.

I want to be one of those cool people that's like, "What is Twitter?" and just be totally blind to it.

Never underestimate the vital importance of finding early in life the work that for you is play.