Roger Bannister

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

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science.

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

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

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