"It is the brain, not the heart or……" — Roger Bannister
"It is the brain, not the heart or lungs, that is the critical organ."
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53 Quotes by Roger Bannister
Roger Bannister has 53 quotes on this site.
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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
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The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think…
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I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and…
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If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always…
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Athletics is a luxury.
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I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
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It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part…
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Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I…
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The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher…
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The essence of sports is that while you're doing it, nothing else matters, but after you stop, there is a…
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Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.
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Communications technology changes possibilities for communication, but that doesn't mean it changes the inherited structure of the brain. So you…
— Margaret Atwood
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All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the…
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As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child,…
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you…
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All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences,…
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Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it's true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you…
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One way to compensate for a tiny brain is to pretend to be dead.
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The nuclear generator of brain sludge is television.
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