All Roger Bannister Quotes
- Beating John Landy was my defining race. Beating
- It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile. Amazing
- I trained for less than three-quarters of an hour, maybe five days a week - I didn't have time to do more. But it was… All
- We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and… Cannot Help
- My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it… America
- Our house was bombed, and the roof fell in. We were sitting under the stairs of the basement, and we were quite safe, but it… Athlete
- The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you… Association
- When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother used to say that for her the important thing was… Aside
- You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that you are in… Amount
- Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing… Athlete
- I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until… Any
- I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that… Athlete
- I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect. Athlete
- I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car… Another Hill
- It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record. Athlete
- I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to… Adjusted
- I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I can remember age 9 having the awful thought, as it… Age
- I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to… Athlete
- I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I… Acting
- I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won… Athlete
- Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so… Athlete
- May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad. You cannot run a fast mile race if there is… Athlete
- 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 mill… Athlete
- My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school… Acceptance
- My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something… Achievement