The Only Tactics I Admire Are Do-or-die

The Single Biggest Change In Middle-distance Running, From The 1500 Metres To 10,000 Metres, Has Been The Track Surface.

The Only Tactics I Admire Are Do-or-die

I Have Never Been A Killer. I'm Not An Aggressive Personality And If I Can Remember Any Emotion I Felt During A Race It Was Fear. The Greatest Stimulator Of My Running Was Fear.

Poetry, Music, Forests, Oceans, Solitude-they Were What Developed Enormous Spiritual Strength. I Came To Realize That Spirit, As Much Or More Than Physical Conditioning, Had To Be Stored Up Before A Race.

The Important Thing Is The Attitude Of The Athlete, The Desire To Get To The Top.