Quotes from an Olympian

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Emil Zátopek was a Czech athlete probably best known for his amazing feat of winning three gold medals in athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5 km and 10 km runs, but his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life.
Zátopek was the first athlete to break the 29-minute barrier in the 10 km run (in 1954). Three years earlier, in 1951, he had broken the hour for running 20 km. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest runners of the 20th century and was also known for his brutally tough training methods.
"Essentially, we distinguish ourselves from the rest. If you want to win something, run the 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon."
Upon winning: "But it was the finest exhaustion I've ever felt."

Muhammad Ali: To date, he remains the only man to have won the linear heavyweight championship three times (the linear title is recognized by tracing an - almost - unbroken lineage of titleholders going back over 100 years, with nearly every champion defeating the previous titleholder in the ring).
"He floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee"

Robert KorzeniowskiPoland (POL) completed the 50km walk in 3:42.22in Sydnet 2000 games. Korzeniowski is a three-peat winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics. He won 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens. In addition, he became the first athlete to claim both the long distance and the short distance crown, when he won the 20 km title at the 2000 games.

Ray Ewry (United States)
Gold: standing high jump, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908; standing long jump, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908; standing triple jump, 1900, 1904
Ewry’s story is special. He began exercising after being confined to wheelchair through polio as a child.