Hicham El Guerrouj quotes
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“I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent less, I would have won. I was training like a crazy person. There was a lack of self-confidence and a lack of maturity. An athlete does not only train with his body. He trains with his mind.”
-- Hicham El Guerrouj -
“I train very hard, until I am sick. Sometimes I train like a foolish man who has no mind.”
-- Hicham El Guerrouj
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Source : "To Save a Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue" edited by Ellen Land-Weber, Part I, Holland, Ch. 1, (p. 48), 2000.
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“Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.”
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“The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.”
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