The man who can drive himself ...

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

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Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science.
 Roger Bannister
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.
 Roger Bannister
The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher than that. There will never be a time when the human spirit will not be able to better existing records.
 Roger Bannister
Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the last minute. Sport, like all life, is about taking risks.
 Roger Bannister
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