We Run, Not Because We

You Get Very Tired, And There Was A Certain Amount Of Pain And You Slow Up. Your Legs Are So Tired That You Are In Fact Slowing. If You Don't Keep Running, Keep Your Blood Circulating, The Muscles Stop Pumping The Blood Back And You Get Dizzy.

Without The Concentration Of The Mind And The Will, Performance Would Not Result.

If There Was The Opportunity To Climb A Mountain, Or To Go Ballooning, Or Some Adventurous Activity, I Would Always Be Keen To Do It. I Loved The Countryside.

I Came From Such A Simple Origin, Without Any Great Privilege, And I Would Say I Also Wanted To Make A Mark. It Wasn't Until I Was About 15 That I Appeared In A Race.

I Lived On The Top Of One Hill And The School Was At The Top Of Another Hill. Nobody Ever Went To School By Car - We Didn't Have Any Cars During The War. So That To And From School Was Itself A Training.