I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.

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I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I...

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say...

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say...

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....

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 raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as...

I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as...

Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track...

Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track...

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...

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...

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

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...

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet...

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet...

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I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I...

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

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

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...

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

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

The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break...

The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break...

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....

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...

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...