For the Glory: The Untold and Inspiring Story of Eric Liddell, Hero of Chariots of Fire

by Duncan Hamilton

“I was amazed to find that I had won by six yards,” said Liddell. He confessed to being “more amazed” at his time—47.6 seconds, another world record. Inside twenty-six wild hours it had been broken, rebroken, and then broken again.

“the secret” of his 400-meters success wasn’t altogether tongue-in-cheek. “I run the first 200 meters as hard as I can. Then, for the second 200 meters, with God’s help, I run harder,”

“I am needed in China,” he’d say. “And I am going to run a different race there.”