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. People said, 'Emil, you are crazy. You are training like a sprinter.'

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

If you come to think of it, you never see deer, dogs and rabbits worrying about their menus and yet they run much faster than humans.

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.

Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.

Men, today we die a little.

Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.