Top 41 Zatopek Quotes
#1. There is not, and never was, a greater man than Emil Zatopek.
Ron Clarke
#2. Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
Emil Zatopek
#3. Place nothing above the verdict of your own mind.
Ayn Rand
#4. It is only my devotion that entitles me to yours. There is nothing about me that you cannot attain. I have nothing that does not come from God. The difference between us
Foundation For Inner Peace
#5. Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.
Emil Zatopek
#6. I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time
Emil Zatopek
#7. My theory was that if you spent such a big portion of your life being a snob, you were not allowed to be surprised when people start wishing you dead.
Chrissy Moon
#8. Everyone said, 'Emil, you are a fool!'
But when I first won the European Championship, they said: 'Emil, you are a genius!'
Emil Zatopek
#9. Sri Chinmoy brings Heaven to me. He inspires everyone to be happy. He deserves the biggest gold medal.
Emil Zatopek
#10. It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.
Emil Zatopek
#11. 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
#12. It doesn't matter how bitter or better the past has been, what we can do with the bitter or better past today is what matters.
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
#14. A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket.
Emil Zatopek
#15. Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.
Emil Zatopek
#16. To be a mirror of God's love is to show Jesus by one's way of living
Sunday Adelaja
#18. What does it mean to be a snowboarder? It's about having fun, with your friends or by yourself. It's about pushing yourself to try new things and do the unexpected. Finally, and most importantly, it's about being creative.
Shaun White
#19. 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
#20. It's not what a man has but what a man is that's important.
Frank Abagnale
#21. 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
#22. 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
#23. 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
#24. It is not necessary to smile and make a wonderful impression on the judges.
Emil Zatopek
#25. 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
#27. See, I'm looking for a man that'll rub me slow, make me sing real high when he goes down low.
Mariah Carey
#28. An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
Emil Zatopek
#29. If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.
Emil Zatopek
#30. 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
#31. 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
#32. 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
#33. I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly past.' Douglas Adams
Tima Maria Lacoba
#34. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.
Emil Zatopek
#36. Life isn't easy but if you don't try to improve it then it'll just get worse and worse till your no longer living.
Joe
#37. I love science fiction stuff - I'm a bit of a dweeb like that.
Rebecca Mader
#38. My running was very simple; it was out of myself.
Emil Zatopek
#40. My early years were hardly a model of focus, discipline, and direction. No one who met me as a teenager could have imagined my going into research and making important discoveries. No one could have predicted the arc of my career.
Craig Venter
#41. 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
