Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition.

Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly

Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win.

If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.

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.

It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.