Impossible is nothing for Paddy ‘the greatest’

In May 1954, English runner Roger Bannister broke the seemingly impenetrable barrier of the sub-four-minute mile, a month after his rival John Landy proclaimed it to be impossible.

With a renewed sense of possibility, Landy followed suit just six weeks later.

The message from Twitter executive Adam Bain, who regaled the masses with the tale on the second day of the Web Summit, was clear: Impossible is nothing, believe in yourselves.