Athlete Quote by Roger Bannister

“Roger Banister said his 4:03.6 mile in 1953 “made [him] realize that the four-minute mile was not out of reach.” Part of daring to…

— Patrick Bet-David

I always thought if you run a Marathon in less than 4 hours, there is a tick of athletic accomplishment in that. Anything over…

— Michael Waltrip

You still think we can go out there, and we can all run the mile in four minutes, you know, your mind still thinks…

— Caitlyn Jenner

The hard part is believing it can happen to you. Most likely, my runners will never achieve a 3-minute mile. I think they may…

— Gerry Lindgren

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

“Knowing that a 6-minute mile is just as far as a 16-minute mile will allow you to move forward and gain confidence. How”

— Sarah Richardson

The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.

— Irving Stone

“The runner need not break four minutes in the mile or four hours in the marathon. It is only necessary that he runs and…

— George Sheehan

“Any athlete who experienced race-level effort completely out of context would instantly regain full respect for its awfulness. If a runner were to suddenly…

— Fitzgerald Matt

I’d rather lose a 3:58 mile than win one in 4:10.

— John Landy

Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take your pulse.

— Lynn Swann

It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way

— Rollo May