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.

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.

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.

For every seed of godliness, kindness and justice sowed, there will be surely be a harvest of goodness, significance and greatness.

I love everybody. Each one plays the role they have to play...

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

Allah isgreat, no doubt, and Juxtaposition his prophet.

The girls everyone considers the "prettiest" are not always the most interesting or ambitious people.

Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit down without one of the gods.

We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help.

I've never been a big soloist; I just put in what needs to be there. I'm more of a rhythm player who plays lead - or tries to play lead.

I tell you what, if the Cameroons get a goal back here they're literally gonna catch on fire.

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost? and (3) What are the hard facts?.