Emil Zatopek

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.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

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

We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.

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

A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket.

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

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.