"It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys."
- Emil Zatopek
"In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration."
- Tegla Loroupe, Kenya, 1994 New York City Marathon champion
"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
"When we as humans run, we run because we enjoy it, we run because welove the sport, the competition, and the pain.
We love the pain because it makes us better, stronger, faster, plus a greater chance to train our bodies to the amount of stress that we exert into them." - Norman Lanford
- Emil Zatopek
"In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration."
- Tegla Loroupe, Kenya, 1994 New York City Marathon champion
"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
"When we as humans run, we run because we enjoy it, we run because welove the sport, the competition, and the pain.
We love the pain because it makes us better, stronger, faster, plus a greater chance to train our bodies to the amount of stress that we exert into them." - Norman Lanford
