An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
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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
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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If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.
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My running was very simple; it was out of myself.
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Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.
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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.
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