Emil Zatopek

(15 votes)   It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

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(14 votes)   You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.

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(8 votes)   What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.

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(33 votes)   Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.

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(26 votes)   A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket.

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(16 votes)   To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there is nothing special about it. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.

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(15 votes)   There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

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(13 votes)   The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

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(12 votes)   I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.

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(12 votes)   If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

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(12 votes)   Men, today we die a little.

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(12 votes)   Perhaps sometimes I was like a mad dog. It didn't matter about style or what it looked like to others; there were records to break.

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(10 votes)   If you come to think of it, you never see deer, dogs and rabbits worrying about their menus and yet they run much faster than humans.

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(10 votes)   If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

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(10 votes)   If you want to win a race try the 100 meter. If you want to win an experience try the marathon.

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