If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.
- Emil Zatopek
Run, Want, Mile, Marathon
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
- Emil Zatopek
Money, Head, His, Pockets
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.
- Emil Zatopek
Bad, Race, Great Advantage, Relief
The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.
- Emil Zatopek
Alone, Athlete, Coaches, Agents
A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket.
- Emil Zatopek
Fitness, Money, His, Runner
When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow.
- Emil Zatopek
Thought, Learn, Young, Ran
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.
- Emil Zatopek
Training, Matter, Raining, Besides
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.
- Emil Zatopek
Aim, Reasonable, Fulfill, Floor
It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.
- Emil Zatopek
Pain, Men, Borders, Separated
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.
- Emil Zatopek
Stupid, Which, Means, Boast
Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.
- Emil Zatopek
Friendship, Great, Victory, Greater
What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.
- Emil Zatopek
More, Find, Still, Finished
We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.
- Emil Zatopek
Want, Other, Essence, Marathon
Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.
- Emil Zatopek
Practice, Learn, Want, Slow
My running was very simple; it was out of myself.
- Emil Zatopek
Myself, Running, Very, Simple
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