It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.

They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have sisu, that’s like spitting in his face.

Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win.

There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.

You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good exercise evaluation.

When aerobic running becomes a daily habit, strength and confidence follow.

No one will burn out doing aerobic running. It is too much anaerobic running, which the American scholastic athletic system tends to put young athletes through, that burns them out.

The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved.

Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly

My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.

Stash the cash and stop being flash if you want to give being wealthy a bash!

Operate from ur strength and not ur weakness.everyone has weaknesses

Sometimes you just have to turn off the lights, sit in the dark, and see what happens inside of you.

If you do not learn to think today, tomorrow someone else will do and will wangle you.THE WOMAN THAT USED TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK, a story by David Cotos.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

Everybody was at the top of their game at that point, in the early '70s.

Turning to politicians is the worst way to solve a problem.

Neither conservatives nor humorists believe man is good. But left-wingers do.

I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks.

Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight.