Roger Bannister Quotes About School

Quotes about: School

• I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event which was planned in which races were run, and I simply just won these by a considerable margin

  Roger Bannister

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  "Breaking the Four-Minute Mile". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 7, 2002.

• My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Athlete, School

• My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Hard Work, Athlete

• 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 Bannister

  Sports, War, Athlete

  "Breaking the Four-Minute Mile". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 7, 2002.

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