Roger Bannister Quotes


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, 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.


Citations

Bannister, Roger. The Four Minute Mile. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1955, p. 14.

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Roger Bannister
Roger Bannister
  • Born: March 23, 1929
  • Died: March 3, 2018
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Athlete

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CH CBE FRCP was a British middle-distance athlete and neurologist who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.