Haile Gebrselassie Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

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“When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running #Distance #Marathon
“All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running #Hard Work #Athlete
“Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Hard Work #Commitment #Discipline
“I know what I want when I start a marathon: to win! But what do you want? Make sure you're clear in advance and don't go out too fast.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Winning #Want #Marathon
“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.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Country #Want #Duty
“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

#Believe #Two #Training
“I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running #Real #Kids
“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.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running #Careers #Shoes
“If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Planning #Making Money #Broke
“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.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Father #Remember #Beats
“Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Struggle #Fighting #Kind
“Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Years #Three #Four
“In the rainy season, sometimes to get to the first lesson we had to run really quick, because we had to cross the river to school and we'd have to go up and down the bank to find a place to cross because there is no bridge.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running #School #Bridges
“Athletics is in my blood.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Blood #Athletics
“Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and for others, they run for completely different benefits. But it is not like that with sport. We need to eat, we need to rest, but also we need to run.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Sports #Running #Exercise
“For me a day without training is like a day without eating.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Training #Eating
“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.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Fitness #Feel Good #Firsts
“When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Morning #Giving #Effort
“I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life,”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running #Retiring
“Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Athlete #Thinking #Be Confident
“You lose the speed before the stamina.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Speed #Stamina
“Schooling is so important.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Important #Schooling
“In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Training #Never Forget #Forget
“This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running #Challenges #Looks
“My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Sports #Fun #Father
“You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Country #Winning #Race
“I want to go down in history.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Want
“Being a great athlete is something that requires a lot of training and dedication, it does not come as easily as some people may think.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Athlete #Thinking #Dedication
“My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running #Father #Thinking
“At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.”
-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running #People #The End Of The Day

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