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My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages.

Author: Roger Bannister - British Athlete
  People , Family , Great , Village


When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother used to say that for her the important thing was for me to become a doctor - a career which had not been possible in her generation and in her society. Sport was something to be set aside.

Author: Roger Bannister - British Athlete
  Me , Society , Mother , Doctor


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 - so I didn't waste time jogging, ever.

Author: Roger Bannister - British Athlete
  More , Time , Quality , Waste Time


Athletics is a luxury.

Author: Roger Bannister - British Athlete
  Luxury , Athletics


I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.

Author: Roger Bannister - British Athlete
  Myself , People , Want , Race


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

Author: Roger Bannister - British Athlete
  Me , Singing , Enjoy , Trumpet


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

Author: Roger Bannister - British Athlete
  Just , Found , Perfect , Boring


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.

Author: Roger Bannister - British Athlete
  War , School , Car , Hill


I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.

Author: Roger Bannister - British Athlete
  Up , Three , Feeling , Fed Up


I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet.

Author: Roger Bannister - British Athlete
  Think , Feeling , Place , Meet


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