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Emil Zatopek
"It is at the borders of pain that the men are separated from the boys"
"There is a great advantage to train under favorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race"
"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."
"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."
"If you want to win a race try the 100 meter. If you want to win an experience try the marathon."
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Steve Prefontaine
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift."
"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see
who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at
the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race
after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the
way, well, at least I can live with myself."
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Excellence- There is always a better way; your
challenge is to find it.
Courage- If u wish to launch a big ship, u must go where the water is
deep
Success- If u want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few
blisters
Vision- The pessimist finds difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist
finds opportunity in every difficulty
Greatness- Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of
strength.
Advice- Advice should be like snow. The softer it falls the deeper it
sinks into the mind
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Olympic Creed
'The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to have taken part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.'
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Caroline Kent
Courage is admitting that you are afraid, and facing that fear directly. It is being strong enough to ask for help and humble enough to accept it.
Courage is standing up for what you believe in without worrying the opinions of others. It is about following your own heart, living your own life, and settling for nothing else but the best of yourself.
Courage is about taking the first step, the big leap, or a different path. It is attempting to do something that on one had done before and all others thought impossible.
Courage is keeping heart in the face of disappointment and looking at defeat not as an end but as a new beginning. It is believing that things will ultimately get better even as they may get worse.
Courage is being responsible for your own actions and admitting your own mistakes without placing blame on others. It is relying not on others for your success but replying on your own skills and effort.
Courage is the refusal to QUIT even when you are intimidated by the impossibility. It is choosing a goal, sticking with it, and finding solutions to the problems.
Courage is thinking big, aiming high and shooting far. It is taking a dream and doing anything, risking everything, and stopping at nothing to make it a reality.
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