Roger Bannister

"No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable."

- Roger Bannister

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."

- Roger Bannister

"Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead."

- Roger Bannister