“It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.” — Roger Bannister Quote

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

“Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes. I thought I would run more effectively.”

“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.”

“Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.”

“Wayne McGregor's 'Dyad 1929' is a good example of this capable British choreographer's work.”

“I love British cursing - the cadence of it, the joy in the sound of the words, and the vulgarity of it.”