I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.
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It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.
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What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other
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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
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I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.
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I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet.
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My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.
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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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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.
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