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

"Men, today we die a little."
Man

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

"My running was very simple; it was out of myself."
Running

"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."
Difference

"When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow."
Thought

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

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

"To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there is nothing special about it. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come."
Performance
