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470 Athlete Quotes

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

Have commitment Discipline Hard work
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Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.
Always Win mentally Physically
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'

High official Your brain Come on Do it
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I'm a runner first before anything else.

Runner first Before anything
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Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

Athletes Confident Thinking
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For me a day without training is like a day without eating.

A day Training Without eating
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When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.

No shoes Comfortable Run barefoot Difficult
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.

I say Retire Very moment Words
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I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.

Change everything Myself One People
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In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.

My life Things Forget training
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
Duty Spend Money Nowhere
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I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.

Social responsibility Open People's eyes
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I find the business world hard.

Business world Hard
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I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

Wanted Famous People Talk about
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My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.

My father Running Sensible Wasting time
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First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.

Enough training Believe Yourself Mentality
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You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

Promise something Deliver Disappear
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If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard.

Your body Damaged Wounded Mentally
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That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.

Sport Great Place Want
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Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.

Achieved something Running Exploded Country
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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.

Think Come first World record Best
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At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

Politician Next step Want power
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Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

Eradicate poverty Matters Country Training
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I take any opportunity I can to raise our country's flag really high and get some shining positive light on things over there.

Any opportunity Raise Our country Shining positive
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People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It's really important.

People Remain positive Believe Dream
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It is much harder to retain your position at the top than to get to the top.

Much harder Retain Position Top
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The technology backbone is no longer an afterthought.

Technology Backbone Longer Afterthought
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Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.

Going to Church Make you Christian
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If you have no joy, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.

You have No joy Leak Your Christianity
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To train a boy in the way he should go you must go that way yourself.

To train Boy The way Must go
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I don't believe there are devils enough in hell to pull a boy out of the arms of a godly mother.

Believe Devils In hell Pull
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More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.

More men Fail Through lack Purpose
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The Lord is not compelled to use theologians. He can take snakes, sticks or anything else, and use them for the advancement of his cause.

The Lord Compelled Use theologian Takes snakes
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Whiskey and beer are all right in their place, but their place is in hell. The saloon hasn't one leg to stand on.

Whiskey Beer All right Their place
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If you don't do your part, don't blame God.

Don't do Your part Blame God
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Christianity means a lot more than church membership.

Christianity means Church membership
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What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

Have you Given The world Never possessed
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The reason you don't like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.

The reason The bible Old sinner Knows
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Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do.

Conversion Complete surrender Jesus Willingness
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power.

Strangers Prayer You are Power
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Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what God and your wife know about you.

Your reputation What people Say Character
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Don't stop with telling your boy to do right. Show him how.

Don't stop Telling Boy Do right
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Jesus Christ was God's revenue officer

Jesus Christ God's Revenue officer
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Unless you have made a complete surrender and are doing his will it will avail you nothing if you've reformed a thousand times and have your name on fifty church records.

Made Complete surrender You nothing Reformed
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The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
The fellow No money Poor Has nothing
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I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover.

I believe The bible Word God
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If you took no more care of yourself physically than spiritually, you'd be just as dried up physically as you are spiritually.

You took More care Physically Spiritually
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To discover a flaw in our makeup is a chance to get rid of it, and add a new line of beauty to our life.

Discover Flaw.makeup Get rid Add
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Riches have never yet given anybody either peace or rest.

Riches Never Given anybody Peace
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It is not necessary to be in a big place to do big things.

Not necessary Big place To do Big things
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