To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence. But fear must play some part...no relaxation is possible, and all discretion is thrown into the wind. Roger Bannister More Quotes by Roger Bannister More Quotes From Roger Bannister If I faltered, there would be no arms to hold me and the world would be a cold and forbidding place. Roger Bannister arms would-be running My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages. Roger Bannister athlete sports years I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event which was planned in which races were run, and I simply just won these by a considerable margin Roger Bannister running inspirational sports I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello. Roger Bannister athlete sports moving It seems quite impossible to walk in America. Roger Bannister walks impossible america 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 couldn't race again within another 10 days. Roger Bannister race athlete sports 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 them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes, so that I thought I would run more effectively. Roger Bannister shoes athlete running 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 is in England. Roger Bannister running sports country It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record. Roger Bannister preoccupation records athlete 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 seems now looking back on it, A war! That should liven things up a bit! Roger Bannister athlete sports war 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 have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized. Roger Bannister athletic athlete sports Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales, where walking was part of the holiday. Roger Bannister holiday lakes house It is a paradox to say the human body has no 'limit.' There must be a limit to the speed at which men can run. I feel this may be around 3:30 for the mile. However, another paradox remains - if an athlete manages to run 3:30, another runner could be found to marginally improve on that time. Roger Bannister athlete running men Beating John Landy was my defining race. Roger Bannister defining race This--this was what made life a moment of quiet, the water falling in the fountain, the girl's voice...a moment of captured beauty. He who is truly wise will never permit such moments to escape. Roger Bannister What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other Roger Bannister Today we went to the moon and came back to earth ! I am at a loss for words for all the support I have received from all over the world. Roger Bannister top-news I had always wanted to become a neurologist, which is one of the most demanding vocations in medicine. Where do you stop, after all, with the brain? How does it function? What are its limits? The work seems unending. Roger Bannister you limits brain work There were only 170 neurologists in Britain then and, whether spoken or unspoken, there was this insidious feeling. How can Bannister, a mere athlete, probably spoilt by all the publicity and fame, dare aspire to neurology? But I'd done a lot of research, and my academic record was very good. Roger Bannister feeling good research done 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 these by a considerable margin. Roger Bannister run games children school
