Whether you think you can or think you can't you're right. Those are the indelible words of Henry Ford,

true when he first said it and true today.

In order to accomplish something, you must first believe it possible, because the body will not do what the mind doesn't commit to.

To illustrate this, I want to tell you the story of none other than Roger Bannister.

The shot you see now, medium size of the start finish line, with competitors grouped around the officials before the beginning of this

dream miracle mile of a century whatever you want to call it.

Bannister was a medical student in London who set out to prove the leading experts of the day wrong. Everyone, I mean everyone including physiologists, doctors and athletes believed that it was not only physically impossible to run a four minute mile,

they believed it would actually lead to death. They believed the human heart could not endure such a feat, and Bannister wanted to prove them all.

Lane number 5, number 3, 29, Bannister of England.

Lane 6.

A May 6, 1954 at Ifley Road track in Oxford, Roger stepped on the track against five other

athletes.

We are away and running.

As soon as the race began, Bannister and Brasher broke away from the pack.

It was Brasher, Banister, and Chaddaway coming in third.

After the second lap, Chaddaway moved to the front and continued to lead around the front until...

Landy and Vanister are now beginning to pull away from the rest of the pack, but the gap remains almost the same between the first two men.

Landy just took a look over his left shoulder

to see where Vanister was, and Vanister is

going to close it.

Ferguson of Canada is third.

Paulburg is fourth. both men running easily, but the race is between

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