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Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is.

To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.

I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is shorter than me and has an amazing gait; and Tom Cruise has a brilliant run. I'm just gangly.

Nobody is faster than me.

In my family, I'm short.

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

I have not met a man as tall as me who is as quick as me, ever.

Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realise how important it is to use the time I have.

I think that we give the impression, to carry on your metaphor, that we go a little faster than we actually do. I'm fairly lazy so I'm always interested in slowing down.