"When I was young, I was too slow.……" — Emil Zatopek
"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."
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27 Quotes by Emil Zatopek
Emil Zatopek has 27 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a…
- 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.…
- 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…
- If you come to think of it, you never see deer, dogs and rabbits worrying about their menus and yet…
- When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run…
- 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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