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Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Haile Gebrselassie
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: April 18
Athletics Competitor
Long-Distance Runner
Marathon Runner
Olympic Athlete
Asela
Haile Gebrselassie
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More quotes by Haile Gebrselassie
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.
Haile Gebrselassie
I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.
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In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.
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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.
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I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.
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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.
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I want to go down in history.
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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.
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Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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I love running and I will always run.
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For me a day without training is like a day without eating.
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Age for me is just a number.
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I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.
Haile Gebrselassie
My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money.
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He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
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I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.
Haile Gebrselassie
In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.
Haile Gebrselassie
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
Haile Gebrselassie
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.
Haile Gebrselassie
