I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I can remember age 9 having the awful thought, as it seems now looking back on it, A war! That should liven things up a bit!

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

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Athletics is a luxury.

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My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let...

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

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

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I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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