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Emil Zatopek, Emil Zatopek!
Teeming world records in a beaming deck.O birthless, deathless will power,
In endurance-life, Everest-Tower.Emil Zatopek, Emil Zatopek!
Breathless interval training-pioneer,A sure oneness-heart far and near.
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O Grand Marshal of all time!Your flower-heart has blossomed in every clime.
The child in you is pure and strong.Around you cosmos-joys throng.
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Zatopek, Zatopek, Zatopek!O Mount Everest Czech!
Your body was earth's tearing cry,Success vast and progress high.
Your running knew no beguile,Your soul was Heaven's beaming smile.
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Sister Dana, Sister Dana, Sister!Helsinki Olympics gold medal winner.
Farther than the farthest javelin you threw.World's surprise-attention you drew.
Your Emil swam in ecstasy-sea,Perfect oneness-joy-satisfaction free.
```> Winning is as beautiful as it is useful to lose.
> But one learns more from defeats than laurels.
> — Emil Zatopek> Children play for joy; adults play for medals.
> Medals are the means to promote sports,
> but the goal is to contribute a healthy, happy> and harmonious life to man.
> — Emil Zatopek> There is a great advantage in training under
> unfavourable conditions.
> — Emil Zatopek> It was my first competition in Olympic Games and I was surprised to come to Olympic stadium and to read most important things about the Games: "Not to win but to take part." What — not to win? Ah, but I wish to win! > — Emil Zatopek
> Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater. > — Emil Zatopek
> You must be fast enough. You must have endurance. So you run fast for speed and repeat it many times for endurance. > — Emil Zatopek
> If one can stick to the training for many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's beside the point. It's simply that I just have to.
> — Emil Zatopek
> At one time I was so confused by various doctors' good advice that I almost died of hunger and thirst. If you come to think of it, you never see deer, dogs and rabbits worrying about their menus, and yet they run much faster than humans.
> — Emil Zatopek> I shall learn to have a better style once they start judging races according to their beauty. So long as it's a question of speed, then my attention will be directed to seeing how fast I can cover the ground. > — Emil Zatopek
> He runs like a man who has just been stabbed in the heart. > — Words by a European coach
> He looked as if he might be having a fit. > — Cordner Nelson
> He ran as if tortured by internal demons. > — Kenny Moore
> He ran every step of a race as if there was a scorpion in each shoe.
> — William JohnsonFrom:Sri Chinmoy,The Mount Everest Czech, Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, 1980
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