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

When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter either. Then willpower will be no problem.

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

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

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

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.