Roger Bannister
Roger Bannister
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CBEis an English former middle-distance athlete, physician and academic, who ran the first sub-four-minute mile...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth23 March 1929
elements mile
The mile has all the elements of drama.
chasm himself last man save spring taking tape threatens
I leapt at the tape like a man taking his last spring to save himself from the chasm that threatens to engulf him.
attach importance people
I don't attach the importance to it as a lot of other people do,
motivational success fitness
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
quality-not-quantity jogging three
I trained for less than three-quarters of an hour, maybe five days a week - I didn't have time to do more. But it was all about quality, not quantity - so I didn't waste time jogging, ever.
holiday lakes house
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.