Author: Emil Zatopek

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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.

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

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

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

- Emil Zatopek

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

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

- Emil Zatopek

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

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

- Emil Zatopek

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

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

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.

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

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

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

- Emil Zatopek

Men, today we die a little.

Men, today we die a little.

- Emil Zatopek

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