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.

I was always the slightly fat kid, which used to bother me quite a bit.

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

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.