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> [Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/doctors-and-scientists-said-breaking-the-four-minute-mile-was/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

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> [Athletics is a luxury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/athletics-is-a-luxury/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

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> [The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/the-athletic-association-competed-against-the-university-so-there-was/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

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## Other authors on Athletic

## More by Roger Bannister

> [Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales where walking was part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/our-concept-of-a-family-holiday-was-going-to-a-guest-house-in-the/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/mothers-unless-they-were-very-poor-didn-t-work-both-of-my-parents-had/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/my-concentration-was-really-on-getting-to-university-and-becoming-a/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/if-there-was-the-opportunity-to-climb-a-mountain-or-to-go-ballooning/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/sport-is-not-about-being-wrapped-up-in-cotton-wool-sport-as-about/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [The mile has all the elements of a drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/the-mile-has-all-the-elements-of-a-drama/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad. You cannot run a fast mile race if there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/may-is-a-very-early-time-in-the-year-and-the-weather-is-usually-bad/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/my-family-actually-lived-in-the-same-village-for-about-400-years-they/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher than that. There will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/the-human-spirit-is-indomitable-no-one-can-ever-say-you-must-not-run/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/doctors-and-scientists-said-breaking-the-four-minute-mile-was/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [Beating John Landy was my defining race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/beating-john-landy-was-my-defining-race/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [I had always wanted to become a neurologist, which is one of the most demanding vocations in medicine. Where do you stop, after all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/i-had-always-wanted-to-become-a-neurologist-which-is-one-of-the-most/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/the-man-who-can-drive-himself-further-once-the-effort-gets-painful-is/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/i-was-playing-rugby-and-the-other-games-english-school-children-do/)

[Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/)

> [If a man coaches himself, then he has only himself to blame when he is beaten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/if-a-man-coaches-himself-then-he-has-only-himself-to-blame-when-he-is/)

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