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

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.

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 single greatest cause of happiness is gratitude.

Before you deal out your moral judgement on me, perhaps you should ask yourself what you did.

But I do hate him as I hate the devil.

Straight is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it.

Lots of shy people dress a bit too much. It's just kind of an armour. People say the same thing about me.

I got a kick out of the stands when they would heckle me. I would take the energy from that.

Whenever I have that sad, depressed feeling, I go out and kill a policeman.

The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.

Is it true that if you don’t USE it you LOSE it?

A rational prediction has an explanation based on theory.