"They have a word in Finnish called sisu,……" — Arthur Lydiard
"They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have sisu, that’s like spitting in his face."
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Arthur Lydiard
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