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• When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times,…
• A runner must run with dreams in his heart.
• I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it…
• Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
• Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.
• Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.
• To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there…
• If you come to think of it, you never see deer, dogs and rabbits worrying about their menus and yet they run…
• When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so…
• It is not necessary to smile and make a wonderful impression on the judges.
• My running was very simple; it was out of myself.
• If I can get better, why not?

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