The childhood games ended for me when I was 14 and I finished school. I had to find a job, not an easy thing in those days.

More Quotes by Emil Zatopek

I will run with perfect style when they start judging races for their beauty, like figure-skating. For now, I just want to run as fast as possible.

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

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

Sometimes I feel that old desire. Then my body tells me it is 50 years old. I take the easy way instead.