I had always wanted to become a neurologist, which is one of the most demanding vocations in medicine. Where do you stop,… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence. But fear must play some part...no relaxation is possible,… — Roger Bannister Confidence Copy Share Image
Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of… — Roger Bannister Athlete Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine,… — Roger Bannister Affair Copy Share Image
I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event which was planned in which… — Roger Bannister Athlete Copy Share Image
I trained for less than three-quarters of an hour, maybe five days a week - I didn't have time to do more.… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important.… — Roger Bannister Achievement Copy Share Image
It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part too fast,… — Roger Bannister Athlete Copy Share Image
Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
“Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must move faster than the lion or it will not survive.… — Roger Bannister Every morning Copy Share Image
There were only 170 neurologists in Britain then and, whether spoken or unspoken, there was this insidious feeling. How can Bannister, a… — Roger Bannister Academic Copy Share Image
It is a paradox to say the human body has no 'limit.' There must be a limit to the speed at which… — Roger Bannister Athlete Copy Share Image
The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
Many of Life's barriers and obstacles come from within. Success is a choice to chosen wisely, because the choice you make today… — Roger Bannister Choice Copy Share Image
Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I… — Roger Bannister Athlete Copy Share Image
You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
Every time I ran the mile I was aware of my own weakness, there was some opponent who could give me a… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to… — Roger Bannister Athlete Copy Share Image
