Athlete Quote by Roger Bannister Download Open image “I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.” — Roger Bannister ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Athlete Boring Found Miles Perfect Race
Even though I grew up racing short races and sprint car races, I really enjoy the long races. And if your car is good,… — Ricky Stenhouse Jr Copy Share Image
I still do intense interval training. I like miles and quarters best. In races I can set my mind, and I believe I could… — Catherine Ndereba Copy Share Image
The older I get, the less jarring I want my exercise to be, and I find that a long walk is equally as helpful… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
I love racing and I've always enjoyed racing. I love to try and go back to the local short tracks and do those races.… — Kyle Busch Copy Share Image
Mile tracks put more emphasis on the driver. On the longer tracks, you can drive flat out all the way around, so it's more… — Buddy Rice Copy Share Image
I always enjoyed the training more than I did the racing. There was a high level of anxiety in racing that I did not… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run — Shannon Miller Copy Share Image
New nemeses keep racing fresh, but I also find challenge in going longer, with only the distance as foe. I run my first 50-mile… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
I spent the first twenty years of my running career trying to run as many miles as I could as fast as I could.… — Jeff Galloway Copy Share Image
Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do. — Peter Snell 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 of the… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
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… — 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. Achievement was… — Roger Bannister 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 to do… — 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 plans at… — Roger Bannister 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 if there… — Roger Bannister 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 and intermarried… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher than that. There will… — Roger Bannister 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 from the… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
I had always wanted to become a neurologist, which is one of the most demanding vocations in medicine. Where do you stop, after all,… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I have no physical genius about me. I can't dribble a ball and run at the same time, I can't do lay-ups - I'm… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed… — Nigel Mansell Copy Share Image
I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
