Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a year. I get more gratification from that than putting a person in the Olympic Games. The Olympic athlete probably doesn't appreciate what you've done, but the other guy does. I think it's really rewarding.

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I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, su…

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If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.

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No one will burn out doing aerobic running. It is too much anaerobic running, which the American scholastic athletic system tends to put young athlet…

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There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.

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Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From…

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You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good e…

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They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with wome…

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Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

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They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have…

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