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"My running was very simple; it was out of myself."
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"And then after that, running around the bases, it was just one of those things. You couldn't believe what happened to you. And I look back on it, it's almost like it happened to somebody else."

"Then, I started running. And everything was as good as it could be."

"Why couldn't Obama have picked somebody respectable as his running mate, you know, like John Kerry did?"

"The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit."

"I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m."

"Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against."
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"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."

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

"You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it."

"Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast."

"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."

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