Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.
Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

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Emil Zátopek
Born in Czechoslovakia in 1922, Emil Zatopek was the 'Human Locomotive' who achieved the unprecedented feat of winning the 5000m, 10000m, and marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Running with a distinctive agonized expression, he continually rewrote the limits of human endurance. He is also known for his courageous support of the Prague Spring reform movement.
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理想を持ち、信念に生きよ。理想や信念を見失った者は、戦う前から負けているといえよう。
-- Oda Nobunaga
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-- Tōgō Heihachirō
If you do not know you may fall halfway through your work, you will not fall halfway through.
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War is merely the continuation of politics by other means.
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both.
-- Erwin Rommel