Finland has produced so
Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas. Esa Tikkanen
Distance Running
If one can stick
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. Emil Zatopek
It\\’s at the borders
It’s at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys. Emil Zatopek
You shall become the
You shall become the person you are. Friedrich Nietzsche
Of course, long-distance running
Of course, long-distance running has to do with the fact that we’re hunters. Freeman Dyson
We have these amazing
We have these amazing gifts of music and mathematics and painting and Olympic running. I mean, we’re the animal that is best of all the animals at long-distance running. Why? It is quite amazing. Superfluous gifts you don’t really need to survive. Freeman Dyson
The Athlete defeats fear
The Athlete defeats fear and conquers himself! Franz Stampfl
In the achievement of
In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself. Franz Stampfl
Fear is the strongest
Fear is the strongest driving-force in competition. Not fear of one’s opponent, but of the skill and high standard which he represents; fear, too, of not acquitting oneself well. In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself. Franz Stampfl
Some of the world’s
Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. Doug Larson