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Emil Zatopek
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
Born:
Sep 19
,
1922
Died:
Nov 22
,
2000
Fast
Finished
Me
Must
Training
You
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If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.
Emil Zatopek
Life
You
Experience
Run
Different
Want
Different Life
Mile
Marathon
It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.
Emil Zatopek
Suffering
Men
Pain
Borders
Boy
Separated
My running was very simple; it was out of myself.
Emil Zatopek
Myself
Simple
Out
Running
Very
The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.
Emil Zatopek
Today
Alone
Doctors
Athlete
He
Scientists
Center
Agents
Coaches
Team
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.
Emil Zatopek
Great
Training
Better
Tremendous
Bad
Relief
Advantage
Conditions
Train
Difference
Race
Then
Great Advantage
I didn't know much. It wasn't possible to buy a book about Nurmi, but I found out that in order to be faster over 10,000m, he ran 5,000m many times in training. And to be better at 5,000m, he ran 1,500m many times. And to be better at 1,500m, he ran four times 400m in training.
Emil Zatopek
Buy
Book
Training
Better
Faster
Ran
Out
Possible
About
He
Over
Know
Times
Order
Much
Many
Found
Four
You must be fast enough - you must have endurance. So you run fast for speed and repeat it many times for endurance.
Emil Zatopek
You
Speed
Enough
Run
Must
Repeat
Times
Endurance
Many
Fast
I will run with perfect style when they start judging races for their beauty, like figure-skating. For now, I just want to run as fast as possible.
Emil Zatopek
Will
Beauty
Style
Possible
Run
Perfect
Like
Judging
Just
Want
Races
Now
Fast
Start
If I run 100 meters 30 times, that is 3 kilometers and no longer a sprint.
Emil Zatopek
Run
Longer
Sprint
Times
Sometimes I feel that old desire. Then my body tells me it is 50 years old. I take the easy way instead.
Emil Zatopek
Me
Sometimes
Old
Way
Tells
Easy
Easy Way
Take
Instead
Feel
Years
Then
Body
Desire
In my country, I am just a common man... a nobody.
Emil Zatopek
Man
Country
Nobody
Am
Just
Common
Common Man
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