TOP 20 Emil Zatopek Quotes

TOP 20 Emil Zatopek Quotes.

“If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.”
— Emil Zatopek (00:00)

“Men, today we die a little.”
— Emil Zatopek (00:07)

“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 (00:14)

“It’s at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.”
— Emil Zatopek (00:21)

“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 (00:28)

“Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.”
— Emil Zatopek (00:35)

“Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.”
— Emil Zatopek (00:42)

“A runner must run with dreams in his heart.”
— Emil Zatopek (00:49)

“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 (00:56)

“I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time.”
— Emil Zatopek (01:03)

“My running was very simple; it was out of myself.”
— Emil Zatopek (01:10)

“Try for a goal that’s reasonable, then gradually raise it.”
— Emil Zatopek (01:17)

“If I can get better, why not?”
— Emil Zatopek (01:24)

“An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.”
— Emil Zatopek (01:31)

“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 (01:38)

“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 (01:45)

“It is not necessary to smile and make a wonderful impression on the judges.”
— Emil Zatopek (01:52)

“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 (01:59)

“Is it raining? That doesn’t matter. Am I tired? That doesn’t matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem.”
— Emil Zatopek (02:06)

“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 (02:13)

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