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Race Quotes by Roger Bannister
- Every time I ran the mile I was aware of my own weakness, there was some opponent who could give me a hell of a…
- Beating John Landy was my defining race.
- 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…
- 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…
- I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.
- 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…
- 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…
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