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Emil Zatopek Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Athlete
Nationality: Czechoslovakian
Born: September 19, 1922
Died: January 22, 2000

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

Men, today we die a little.
Emil Zatopek

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