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.'

Men, today we die a little.

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

Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem.

I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time

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.

A runner must run with dreams in his heart.