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“My running was very simple; it was out of myself.”

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Emil Zatopek, born on September 19, 1922, in Czechoslovakia, was an outstanding Olympic long-distance runner. He won four gold medals in the Olympic Games, including two in the marathon, and is hailed as the 'King of Long Distance Running'. more

“I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent less, I would have won. I was training like a crazy person. There was a lack of self-confidence and a lack of maturity. An athlete does not only train with his body. He trains with his mind.”

Ifs Mind Persons Doe Self Body Wanted Too Much Crazy Training Gold Pressure Train Athlete Self Confidence Maturity Cents Medal Gold Medals Crazy Person Lack Of Self Confidence

Author:Hicham El Guerrouj

“Remember these six minutes for the rest of your lives. Listen to the crowd and take it all in. This is the stuff of dreams.”

Dream Remember Stuff Minutes Six Crowds Rest Of Your Life

Author:Steve Redgrave

“The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty.”

Athlete Devotion Specialty

Author:Paavo Nurmi

“Yes, I'm afraid the life over here is very different from N.Z. but oh boy it's a grand life.”

Different Boys

Author:Jack Lovelock

“So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions.”

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Author:Rafer Johnson

“Oh, love, what an unreasoning creature it grew to be.”

Grew Creatures

Book:Country Girl

Source: Country Girl

“I knew I had done something awful. I had killed love, before I even knew the enormity of what love meant.”

Done Love Is Awful Love Means

Book:Country Girl

Source: Country Girl

“Life, after all, was a secret with the self. The more one gave out, the less there remained for the center--that center which she coveted for herself and recognized instantly in others. Fruits had it, the very heart of, say, a cherry, where the true worth and flavor lay. Some of course were flawed or hollow in there. Many, in fact.”

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Author:Edna O'Brien

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