Greg Rutherford

My grandfather died before I was born, so I never had the chance to speak with him about his father. But I learned about him from books.

Even before I really started, no one said I would make it. But I always had belief.

I was quite lucky: although my dad worked a lot, whenever he was free, he would play sports with me and my brother, and I can't wait to do that with my child.

Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.