Emil Zatopek Quotes (21 Quotes)


    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.

    A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket.


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

    An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.


    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.

    If you want to win a race try the 100 meter. If you want to win an experience try the marathon.

    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.

    Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.

    My running was very simple; it was out of myself.

    Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

    One day the factory sports coach, who was very strict, pointed at four boys, including me, and ordered us to run in a race. I protested that I was weak and not fit to run, but the coach sent me for a physical examination and the doctor said that I was per

    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.

    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.

    If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

    You can't climb to the second floor without a ladder. Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.

    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.

    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.

    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.

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

    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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