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

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.

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 real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

The unspoken feeling that engulfs you and smolders you more and more each day.....love!

Never be too compromising and forgiving coz over time, your stand becomes worthless to others!

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

The cult of moral grayness is a revolt against moral values.

If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.

I didn't really have a major role in how it was described. I wanted it to be a collection of essays where each storyline could be contained.

Never say never. In your life you never know what's going to happen next.

The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.