I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.

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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing,...

I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing,...

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming...

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming...

It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.

It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.

When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother...

When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother...

My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great...

My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great...

I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent...

I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent...

May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad....

May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad....

Athletics is a luxury.

Athletics is a luxury.

You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow...

You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow...

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man...

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man...

I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I...

I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I...

I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.

I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.

It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes....

It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes....

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled...

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled...

Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is...

Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is...

Our house was bombed, and the roof fell in. We were sitting under the stairs...

Our house was bombed, and the roof fell in. We were sitting under the stairs...

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave...

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave...

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is...

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is...

I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top...

I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top...

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was...

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was...