Time & hindsight

What made you decide to stop something you were known for, and how did you know it was time?

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Sir Roger Bannister Middle-distance runner and neurologist; first man to run a mile in under four minutes
No, because I was set for it. My core, my whole life was medicine. I wanted to become a specialist. So for ten years I concentrated solely on medicine. It took ten years to become a consultant in neurology.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 7 June 2002 source ↗

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