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…

- 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…

- Roger Bannister

It is the brain, not the heart or lungs, that is the critical organ.

- Roger Bannister

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 track after…

- Roger Bannister

Without the concentration of the mind and the will, performance would not result.

- Roger Bannister

Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the last minute. Sp…

- Roger Bannister

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

- Roger Bannister

Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.

- Roger Bannister

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 disc…

- Roger Bannister