Visions of Eight (1973)

Ron Hill: Self

Quotes 

• Ron Hill : Your first desire when it gets very hard, is to say, "Bugger this. I'm gonna stop."

• Ron Hill : In the early stages its all purely concentration, concentration, concentration. Then, you begin to bring in the element of fear that they're gonna catch you.

• Ron Hill : In my own mind, I'm the favorite for the race. I think you got to go in with this attitude. So, if I don't win, there's going to be a reason for not winning. Its not gonna be an excuse. And there'll be a rational reason why. The most difficult thing will be facing people back home that expect me to win. And, I'll say, "Hard luck, Ron." You know, "Try again next time."

• Ron Hill : I don't want to think about what happened because I presume I would get emotional about it. I just want to stay right away from it. Well, I'm here for one thing and that's to run a marathon. And anything that might distract me from that - just, really, I don't want to know about.