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.

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.

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.

Words are so very difficult to take back and forget. Memories fade with time, but words never do. They linger in our minds, our hearts, haunting us.

Give! If you have nothing to give, don't forget to give your love.

You have to have faith if you want to make it out of the woods. Faith is your only hope for deliverance.

With free will comes inevitable error and misjudgement

It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think

The tide tarrieth no man.

What have I got better than anyone? Age.

Fowl never tastes as savory when you're hungry for venison.

The business is so driven by money, everyone's trying to get it right.

I usually draw in silence, but listen to music or public radio when I'm painting, after all the important decisions have been made.