“It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.” PeopleMinutesBrokenMilesEverestMount EverestClimbing Mount Everest Author:Roger Bannister
“I couldn't touch my toes with straight legs, but I could break 4 minutes for the mile.” BreakMinutesLegsMilesToes Author:Roger Bannister
“It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part too fast, you pay a price. If you run another part more slowly your overall time is slower.” IfsRunningEnergySportsPayFourMinutesAthleteAvailableAerobics Author: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 collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead” SaidDiesSportsLinesFourImpossibleMinutesDoctorsScientistTrackMilesMotivational SportsInspirational SportsAthleticMotivational Inspirational SportsFinish LineGreat SportsBest SportsGreatest SportsGreat Inspirational SportsAthletic MotivationalSports TrainingGreat AthleticSports In General Author: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. Sport, like all life, is about taking risks.” RunningAbleLastsLife IsSportsLeadershipPlansRiskMinutesUnexpectedCottonTaking RisksAdaptingLast MinuteWool Author:Roger Bannister
“Whether we athletes liked it or not, the 4-minute mile had become rather like an Everest: a challenge to the human spirit, it was a barrier that seemed to defy all attempts to break it, an irksome reminder that men's striving might be in vain.” MenHumansMightRunningSpiritChallengesBreakMinutesStriveAthleteMilesVainBarriersHuman SpiritRemindersInspirational RunningEverest Author:Roger Bannister
