Quotes of Roger Bannister - somelinesforyou

“ The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves…The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, ‘You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.’ The human spirit is indomitable. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ 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 was about 15 that I appeared in a race. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car-we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car-we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ The earth seemed to move with me. I found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never knew existed. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car-we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car-we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ 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

“ 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

“ I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ 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

“ I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ It has been a life-long pursuit for me,... Running is an affair of youth. It helps you through adolescence and, for me of course, at a certain point it opened doors. I met people, and traveled. Of course it can make life more exciting and fulfilling. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet. ”

- Roger Bannister

“ I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet. ”

- Roger Bannister
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