Haile Gebrselassie Quotes About Winning

Quotes about: Winning

• 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

• You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Soccer, Country, Winning

  "Haile Gebrselassie bows to will of his people for one last hurrah". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2011.

• You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Sports, Hard Work, Commitment

• In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Crazy, Athlete, Winning

• Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Winning, Wells, You Can Win

• What is important is to win.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Winning, Important

• 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

  Interview with Jim White, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2002.

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