My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

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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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some...

If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some...

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

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

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

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

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....

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....

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...

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...

Athletics is a luxury.

Athletics is a luxury.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...