You hope all good athletes run on the balls of their feet. You don't want them coming down heel first. The perfect style is the foot to come down with a slight supination and on a tilt to the outside.

Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.

The characteristic shared by people at the top of their profession is that, to get better, they crave criticism. Most people don't like criticism, but if you are trying to shave two tenths of a second at 800 metres, that is what you crave.

Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.

One way or another, Gaza's residents must live in peace with Israel.

Human beings do want peace, stability and harmony and that comes through democracy.

I go gladly to my wife and boy, and I leave this world at peace with every one in it and at peace with God.

Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it.