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 BannisterI couldn't touch my toes with straight legs, but I could break 4 minutes for the mile.
Roger BannisterIt's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.
Roger BannisterWe 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