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We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.

— Emil Zatopek

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance.

— Michelle Wie

If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

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

— Emil Zatopek

A guy like me, yes, I am good in terms of championship races, and that's where I dominate - but in terms of running fast times, I haven't quite done that.

— Mo Farah

As a scientist, I play in the top league - the Olympics, the World Championships - and I want to be in the lead. As a runner, I set personal goals, and I want to push beyond my own personal limits. I was very happy when I practiced for several months and then reached my goal to run a marathon in 2:50.

— Wolfgang Ketterle

I like a man who can run faster than I can.

— Jane Russell

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

— Haile Gebrselassie

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

— Steve Prefontaine

✗Opposing Perspectives

There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win.

— Len Goodman

I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet.

— Paula Radcliffe