Top 36 Emil Zatopek Quotes
#1. There is not, and never was, a greater man than Emil Zatopek.
Ron Clarke
#2. This box is useless," said Alliance 6-7349.
Should it be what they claim of it," said Harmony 9-2642, "then it would bring ruin to the Department of Candles.
Ayn Rand
#3. I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time
Emil Zatopek
#4. Everyone said, 'Emil, you are a fool!'
But when I first won the European Championship, they said: 'Emil, you are a genius!'
Emil Zatopek
#5. Sri Chinmoy brings Heaven to me. He inspires everyone to be happy. He deserves the biggest gold medal.
Emil Zatopek
#6. It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.
Emil Zatopek
#7. I will be sufficiently rewarded if when telling it to others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine.
Thales
#8. 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.
Emil Zatopek
#9. I recommend that everyone in their youth be as out of shape as possible so that when you turn 40, people can go, "Wow, you look much better now."
Jack Black
#10. One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say
Voltaire
#11. Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.
Emil Zatopek
#12. Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
Emil Zatopek
#14. In Maine, there is a deeply ingrained sense that you can always get a little more use out of something.
Tim Sample
#15. A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket.
Emil Zatopek
#16. Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.
Emil Zatopek
#17. 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
#18. today is reality and tommorrow is future
Alexandria
#19. 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
#20. 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
#21. He knew that if Michelle entered into the walls of the Vatican, she'd corrupt every single clergyman within, causing them to forsake their vows in trade for a few moments with her. With one glance men would happily follow her to the bowels of hell and swim across the lake of fire to get to her.
Travis Luedke
#22. We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.
Emil Zatopek
#23. It is not necessary to smile and make a wonderful impression on the judges.
Emil Zatopek
#24. 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
#25. An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
Emil Zatopek
#26. But in the earlier hours, or so I have read, they still have got their daylight minds. It takes the midnight mind to do the black deed to the black man.
Elizabeth Spencer
#27. If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.
Emil Zatopek
#28. 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
#29. 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
#30. For in the end, the irreality function functions as well in the face of man as in the face of the cosmos. What would we know of others if we did not imagine things?
Gaston Bachelard
#31. 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
#32. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.
Emil Zatopek
#34. A bargain is something you have to find a use for once you have bought it.
Benjamin Franklin
#35. My running was very simple; it was out of myself.
Emil Zatopek
#36. 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
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