The man who goes on, even when it's the hardest to be the winner. — Roger Bannister Goes on Copy Share Image
I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect. — Roger Bannister Athlete Copy Share Image
If a man coaches himself, then he has only himself to blame when he is beaten. — Roger Bannister Beaten Copy Share Image
Without the concentration of the mind and the will, performance would not result. — Roger Bannister Concentration Copy Share Image
I couldn't touch my toes with straight legs, but I could break 4 minutes for the mile. — Roger Bannister Break Copy Share Image
It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record. — Roger Bannister Athlete Copy Share Image
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. — Roger Bannister Drive Copy Share Image
No longer conscious of my movement, I discovered a new unity with nature. I had found a new source of power and… — Roger Bannister Beauty Copy Share Image
Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales where walking was part… — Roger Bannister Concepts Copy Share Image
If I faltered, there would be no arms to hold me and the world would be a cold and forbidding place. — Roger Bannister Arms Copy Share Image
I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark.… — Roger Bannister Mark Copy Share Image
I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment,… — Roger Bannister Adolescent Copy Share Image
I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello. — Roger Bannister Athlete Copy Share Image
If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen… — Roger Bannister Activity 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
You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that… — Roger Bannister Amount 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
Every time I ran the mile I was aware of my own weakness, there was some opponent who could give me a… — Roger Bannister Faster 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 Association 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
“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
Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify… — Roger Bannister Able Copy Share Image
Just because they say it's impossible doesn't mean you can't do it. — Roger Bannister Impossible Copy Share Image
It is the brain, not the heart or lungs, that is the critical organ. — Roger Bannister Brain Copy Share Image
It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile. — Roger Bannister Broken Copy Share Image
My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of… — Roger Bannister Acceptance Copy Share Image
I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative… — Roger Bannister Acting Copy Share Image
We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves — Roger Bannister Distance runner Copy Share Image
I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run,… — Roger Bannister Children Copy Share Image
My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in… — Roger Bannister America Copy Share Image
The essence of sports is that while you're doing it, nothing else matters, but after you stop, there is a place, generally… — Roger Bannister Essence Copy Share Image
My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived… — Roger Bannister Athlete Copy Share Image
May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad. You cannot run a fast mile race… — Roger Bannister Athlete 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
