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.

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.

I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a year. I get more gratification from that than putting a person in the Olympic Games. The Olympic athlete probably doesn't appreciate what you've done, but the other guy does. I think it's really rewarding.

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

There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.

You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good exercise evaluation.