Emil Zatopek Quotes

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand you're going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That's what I've really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else.

I kind of peak at how far I can push my body, and then I run out of determination for the habit and start easing off. It's really just a lack of focus and discipline.

I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus.

Being a runner has brought me a lot of patience, and patience goes a long way in life.

Besides training, you need to be focused and not shy away from hard work.

I'm going to finish my runs hard, and I'm going to try to set the tone.

I was very disciplined growing up. If I didn't want to run hills, I ran hills; if I didn't want to jog around the block, I jogged around the block.

SELF-DISCIPLINE, more than any other personal quality I can think of, is the one thing that separates successful people from the unsuccessful. Think of all it encompasses: honoring commitments, promises and deadlines, keeping your life on schedule, being willing to go the extra mile... Self-discipline is essential to success. The alternative is a life ruled by emotions, and none of us can afford that if we're going to fulfill our purpose and realize our potential.

The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline.

Persistence is self-discipline in action.

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

When you step on the treadmill, make a commitment. Do, say, 3 miles a day. And don't get off until you finish. It doesn't matter what speed you're going. Just don't get off.

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

He helps me every day to do my exercises. Siegfried told me once, 'The one who is a hero is the one who can hang on just one minute longer.'

Being a competitor, you always believe you can come back. I'll be up at 3 in the morning watching World Cup races in my hotel whether I'm in Asia on a business trip or in New York City and have to get up in 2 hours.