The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion.

Quote by Roger Bannister

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

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

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

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

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

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

You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow...

You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow...

I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I...

I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I...

When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother...

When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother...

I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent...

I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent...

I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I...

I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I...

I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing,...

I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing,...

I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I...

I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I...

Our house was bombed, and the roof fell in. We were sitting under the stairs...

Our house was bombed, and the roof fell in. We were sitting under the stairs...

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say...

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say...

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let...

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let...

Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is...

Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is...

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming...

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming...

I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to...

I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to...

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was...

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was...

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave...

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave...

If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some...

If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some...

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

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