Thola Uphefumlelwe Ngalezi Zingcaphuno
Abagijimi abakhulu bayakhuthazwa ukubuka, kodwa futhi bathi izinto eziningi eziphefumulayo. Thola isisusa ngalezi zincaphuno ezisebenzayo kusuka kuma-greats ama-Olympic.
1. "Ukuphila kuvame ukuqhathaniswa ne-marathon, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kunjengokuthi ungumprinta; ukwelula isikhathi somsebenzi onzima okuphethwe yisikhathi esifushane lapho sinikezwa khona ithuba lokusebenza ngokusemandleni ethu."
-Michael Johnson
2. "Sonke siphupha amaphupho. Kodwa ukwenza amaphupho abe yiqiniso, kudinga ukuzimisela okukhulu, ukuzinikezela, ukuzimela nokuzikhandla."
-Jesse Owens
3. "Umjaho usifundisa ukuba sibhekane nenselele, usifundise ukuphoqa ngaphesheya kwalokho esikucabangayo ukuthi singaya khona, kusisiza ukuba sithole ukuthi senzeni." Yilokho esikwenzayo.
-PattiSue Plumer
4. "Sebenzisa okungenani isikhathi sakho sokuqeqesha, nezinye izingxenye zosuku lwakho, ukugxila kulokho okwenzayo ekuqeqesheni nasekuboneni impumelelo yakho."
- UGrete Waitz
5. "Angiziqali njengomdlali othakazelisayo, ongenalwazi. Nginokukhuthazela nje kuphela. Nginamahhashi enqola. Ngisebenza kanzima."
-Colleen DeReuck
6. "Ukugijima kunginika ithemba."
- UStephen Prefontaine
7. "Imicabango yami ngaphambi komncintiswano omkhulu ngokuvamile ilula kakhulu. Ngithi: 'Phuma emabhuloki, ugijimise uhlanga lwakho, uhlale ukhululekile. Uma ugijima umncintiswano wakho, uzowina ... isiteshi sakho amandla.
Gxila. '"
-Carl Lewis
8. "Uma umuntu engitshela ukuthi angikwazi ukwenza lutho, angikulaleli."
-Florence uGriffith Joyner
9. "Imindeni ayisho lutho futhi inkazimulo ayihlali isikhathi eside, kungenxa yokujabula kwakho." Umvuzo uzofika, kodwa injabulo yami imane imthanda imidlalo futhi iyenzela injabulo. "
-Jackie Joyner-Kersee
"Ngaso sonke isikhathi uma ngiphumelela, ngicabanga ukuthi ngizoba ngumuntu onamandla kuwo. Ngiyaqhubeka ngisebenza ngendlela engokomfanekiso nangokweqiniso, naphezu kwesibindi esitholakala ngokwengeziwe ngenkathi ngayinye edlula, ngoba kimi bekulokhu kube khona indawo yokuhamba futhi kuphuthumayo okukhulu ukufika lapho. "
- UJoan Benoit Samuelson, umdali wegolide, owokuqala wama-Olympic Marathon
11. "Njengalokhu ngifuna umdanso, ngiyazi ukuthi kunenhlanhla ehilelekile kulokho. Ngifuna ukuzibeka esikhundleni sokuba ezintathu eziphezulu, nginike konke okusemandleni ami futhi ngithembele."
-Kara Goucher
12. "Ikhilomitha lokugcina kwakuyisiphambano phakathi kokuvutha umzuzu futhi nje ngiyabonga ngokuthi ngase ngiphelile."
-Shalane Flanagan, ngemuva kokuwina ama-Olympic Women's Marathon Trials 2012
13. "Nginomgwaqo wami oyingqayizivele oye waba nemiphumela eminingi ejabulisayo neyaphuka inhliziyo, kodwa into eyodwa engiyazi ukuthi uhambo lwami aluphelile futhi okuhle kakhulu kusasele."
-Ryan Hall
14. "Ubuhle bokugijima buyinto elula; ubuhle babagijimi yilokho sonke sinezimo ezifanayo zokuthuthukisa. Singazama ukuqhuba okusemandleni ethu, noma ukuzulazula umzila okokuqala, okuzokhipha iqhwa ikusasa lokuzama ukugijimela abantu abathintekayo. Abakwa-racers emgwaqweni bayindawo eqinile yokudlala abagijimi be-mileage-abajabule, abacindezelayo. "
- Deena Kastor
"Ukubeka imigomo kwenza impilo yakho ibe nencazelo. Umzwelo wokubeka umgomo, ukusebenza kanzima, futhi ukufeza lokho kuyona engcono kakhulu."
-Sarah Jamieson
16. "Zithande, ngoba ungubani nokuthi ungubani; vimbela iphupho lakho futhi uthuthukise ithalenta yakho ngokugcwele."
- UJoan Benoit Samuelson