The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. Hes the center of a team – doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on. – Emil Zatopek
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head. – Emil Zatopek
Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater. – Emil Zatopek
If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon. – Emil Zatopek
A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind; and to give an apt quotation at a fitting time, proves that the mind is stored with sentential lore that can always be used to great advantage by its possessor. – James Ellis, quoted in Day’s Collacon: An Encyclopædia of Prose Quota