Emil Zatopek Quotes

• Si quieres correr, corre una milla. Si quieres experimentar una vida diferente, corre un maratón.

  Emil Zatopek

  Running, Different, Want

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• When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter either. Then willpower will be no problem.

  Emil Zatopek

  Determination, Rain, Tired

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• Un atleta no puede correr con dinero en los bolsillos. Debe correr con esperanza en el corazón y sueños en la cabeza.

  Emil Zatopek

  Inspiración, Deportes, Correr

  Quoted by Christopher Brasher in the Observer,12 Sep 1982.

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• By a persistent effort of will it is possible to change the whole body. The athlete must always keep in mind this concept of change and progression. He must never accept his limitations as being permanent, because they are not.

  Emil Zatopek

  Athlete, Effort, Mind

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• A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

  Emil Zatopek

  Fitness, Running, Dream

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• I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time

  Emil Zatopek

  Running, Athlete, Olympics

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• Hay una gran ventaja en entrenar en condiciones desfavorables. Es mejor entrenar en malas condiciones, porque entonces la diferencia es un alivio tremendo en una carrera.

  Emil Zatopek

  Motivational, Workout, Race

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

  Emil Zatopek

  Running, Pain, Not Giving Up

  Attributed to Emil Zatopek in "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Swifter, Higher, Stronger"), an unsigned article from Khaleej Times, August 8, 2008.

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

  Emil Zatopek

  Running, Practice, Romance

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• 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

  Sports, Goal, Trying

  Citado en Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• What has passed is already finished with.
  What I find more interesting is what is still to come.

  Emil Zatopek

  Interesting, Boast, Stills

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

  Emil Zatopek

  Lost Friendship, Victory, Great Friend

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• Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.

  Emil Zatopek

  Inspirational, Goal, Trying

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• Men, today we die a little.

  Emil Zatopek

  Men, Littles, Today

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• 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, Mean, Vanity

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• 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

  Deportes, Inspiración, Motivación

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• If I can get better, why not?

  Emil Zatopek

  Running, Get Better, Why Not

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• 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 perfectly well. So I had to run, and when I got started I felt I wanted to win. But I only came in second. That was the way it started.

  Emil Zatopek

  Deportes, Correr, Ganar

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• Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem.

  Emil Zatopek

  Rain, Tired, Matter

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• 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.

  Emil Zatopek

  Running, Dog, Thinking

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• 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.

  Emil Zatopek

  Running, Race, Marathon

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• Everyone said, 'Emil, you are a fool!'
  But when I first won the European Championship, they said: 'Emil, you are a genius!'

  Emil Zatopek

  Genius, Fool, Firsts

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• Cuando era joven, era demasiado lento. Pensé que debía aprender a correr rápido practicando para correr rápido, así que corrí 100 metros rápido 20 veces. Luego volví, lento, lento, lento. La gente decía: 'Emil, estás loco. Estás entrenando como un velocista'.

  Emil Zatopek

  Running, Crazy, People

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• It is not necessary to smile and make a wonderful impression on the judges.

  Emil Zatopek

  Judging, Wonderful, Impression

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

  Emil Zatopek

  Running, Simple

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