Athletics Is A Luxury.

Life Was Very Simple. My Parents Had Come From The North Of England, Which Is A Fairly Rugged, Bleak, Hard-working Part Of England, And So There Was Not The Expectation Of Luxury.

If A Man Coaches Himself, Then He Has Only Himself To Blame When He Is Beaten.

I Trained For Less Than Three-quarters Of An Hour, Maybe Five Days A Week - I Didn't Have Time To Do More. But It Was All About Quality, Not Quantity - So I Didn't Waste Time Jogging, Ever.

Your Spikes, Which Were Really Quite Long Then, Would Catch The Material Of The Track And Your Shoe Would Get Heavier. I Was Simply Filing Them Down And Rubbing Some Graphite On The Spikes, So That I Thought I Would Run More Effectively.

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.