Emil Zatopek Quotes
If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
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.
Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.
What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.
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.
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.
The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.
Sri Chinmoy brings Heaven to me. He inspires everyone to be happy. He deserves the biggest gold medal.
Everyone said, 'Emil, you are a fool!' But when I first won the European Championship, they said: 'Emil, you are a genius!'
Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem.
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.
