Morceli Quotes

#1. Runners in the western world have a tendency to create psychological barriers for themselves, but Morceli runs at will, with no inhibitions.

Eamonn Coghlan

#2. I think I've seen the fastest miler ever. His name is Morceli.

Peter Snell

#3. When you see the right thing to do, you'd better do it.

Paul Newman

#4. And then in life, you always have to try, and today, I may not have succeeded, but I am happy to have tried to beat my record.

Noureddine Morceli

#5. For are any of us non-believers at moments of despair?

Michelle Cooper

#6. I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after I lost in the (1992) Olympics. I have to win or die.

Noureddine Morceli

#7. Perhaps I don't give the impression that I'm hurting on the track. But that is because I am animated by an interior force which covers my suffering.

Noureddine Morceli

#8. (Algerian athlete, 1996 Summer Olympics, on the 3000m world record)
I think my 3:27 for 1500m is worth 7:21 for 3000m.

Noureddine Morceli

#9. Take charge of your mind and begin to fill it with
healthy, positive, and courageous thoughts.

Norman Vincent Peale

#10. Tell me whom you haunt and I'll tell you who you are.

Andre Breton

#11. I believe in God. He is the secret of my success. He gives people talent.

Noureddine Morceli

#12. My real motivation is to reach 3:25 ... I am still young; I have a lot of time left in my career.

Noureddine Morceli

#13. It was an extraterrestrial performance. It is very special to go below 4:50, but I believe I can do better.

Noureddine Morceli

#14. When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?

Noureddine Morceli

#15. What would they do if I said I hurt so much I feel like I want to die?
- Jeremy Richards

Julius Lester

#16. Barcelona is now in the past. I was sick and boxed in, and that's understandable why I lost.

Noureddine Morceli

#17. Remember, empathy need not lead to sympathetically giving in to the other side's demands - knowing how someone feels does not mean agreeing with them.

Daniel Goleman

#18. For it is not the shape, but their use, that makes them angels.

Thomas Hobbes

#19. All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!

Louis Simpson

#20. If someone says: That's impossible.

You should understand it as:
According to my very limited experience and narrow understanding of reality, that's very unlikely

Paul Buchheit

#21. Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.

Paul Kane

#22. I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry. That's sport.

Noureddine Morceli

#23. The new Kenyans. There are always new Kenyans.

Noureddine Morceli