When I Was 50 Years Old, I

My Mother Was A Schoolteacher And Very Keen That I Go To A City School, So Although It Was Fairly Impoverished Times, I Traveled Every Day To The Auckland Grammar School.

I Have Been Seriously Afraid At Times But Have Used My Fear As A Stimulating Factor Rather Than Allowing It To Paralyse Me. My Abilities Have Not Been Outstanding, But I Have Had Sufficient Strength And Determination To Meet My Challenges And Have Usually Managed To Succeed With Them.

I Was Definitely Seriously Affected [with Wifw And Daughter Deaths], No Question, But I Learnt To Devote Myself To The Things That We'd Been Doing For Years And Years And Slowly The Pain Drifted Away.

We Had So Much In Common [with June Hillary] That We Just Carried On With Life As We Had Been Doing. It Wasn't Easy, But It Was - I Realise Now That It Was The Only Thing To Do.

I Think It All Comes Down To Motivation. If You Really Want To Do Something, You Will Work Hard For It.