Roger Bannister Quotes - Page 3

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

  Roger Bannister

  Athlete, Records, Preoccupation

  "What It Takes" with Alice Winkler, learningenglish.voanews.com. February 23, 2018.

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• I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I can remember age 9 having the awful thought, as it seems now looking back on it, A war! That should liven things up a bit!

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, War, Athlete

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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.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Athlete, Years

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

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• 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.

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

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Moving, Athlete

  "Sir Roger Bannister". Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2004.

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