minutes. The crowd went wild and the news flashed around the world!
Roger Bannister had another moment of global glory a few months later, when he raced
against and beat the Australian runner who had passed his world record. It was called the
Miracle Mile, and it confirmed Bannister as the most famous runner in the world.
But fame was not enough for Roger Bannister. He wanted to make a difference through
his work as a doctor. He became a neurologist and a top medical expert on the brain,
introducing new procedures and conducting research that was published in medical
journals around the world. He still loved sport, and successfully worked for sports
funding across Britain and for the first steroid testing of athletes.
How did Roger Bannister accomplish so much? Here’s his philosophy, in his own words
- “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or
it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster
than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or a
gazelle - when the sun comes up, you’d better be running!”
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