If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

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

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

Men, today we die a little.

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

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.