Zatopek Quotes
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I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.
— Emil Zatopek
Everyone said, 'Emil, you are a fool!'
But when I first won the European Championship, they said: 'Emil, you are a genius!' — Emil Zatopek
But when I first won the European Championship, they said: 'Emil, you are a genius!' — Emil Zatopek
If I can get better, why not?
— Emil Zatopek
The musings are the same I believe the fire to create burns so heavily that I am never far from a guitar or a fountain pen.
— Shelby Lynne
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
— Emil Zatopek
It's not how far you've come that matters. It's where you've come from.
— Alastair Reynolds
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.
— Emil Zatopek
Men, today we die a little.
— Emil Zatopek
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
Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.
— Emil Zatopek
Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.
— Emil Zatopek
Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
— Emil Zatopek
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.
— Emil Zatopek
when things seem difficult and we're tempted to doubt, we need to trust in what we can't see.
— Carey Corp
The revolution begins at home.
— Cherrie Moraga
Sri Chinmoy brings Heaven to me. He inspires everyone to be happy. He deserves the biggest gold medal.
— Emil Zatopek
For without invention, no one was ever a great man in his own trade.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
My running was very simple; it was out of myself.
— Emil Zatopek
Her laugh was as fragile as the leaves she had raked when I was five.
— Benjamin Alire Saenz
What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.
— Emil Zatopek
Hope and trust are beautiful things. One gives a person the will to live, the other makes it worth living.
— Jacob Gralnick
I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time
— Emil Zatopek