Morceli Quotes & Sayings

It was an extraterrestrial performance. It is very special to go below 4:50, but I believe I can do better. — Noureddine Morceli

The critics only made me work harder. — Muhammad Ali

The new Kenyans. There are always new Kenyans. — Noureddine Morceli

I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it. — Donald Miller

I was going to bring Sir Kay and Gawain with me, but at the last minute Lancelot pushed Kay back.So I had no choice but to bring Lancelot in Kay's place," Merlin said, sounding just the smallest bit disgusted.
"I find myself gladdened by this news," Britt said.
Merlin raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Are you?"
Lancelot beamed. "I am pleased my presence delights you, My Lord."
"It's not that. Since you kept Kay from coming to get me,in all likeliness that means you are now higher on his list of people to MAIM than I am," Britt said. Merlin coughed to cover a laugh, — K.M. Shea

I think I've seen the fastest miler ever. His name is Morceli. — Peter Snell

(Algerian athlete, 1996 Summer Olympics, on the 3000m world record)
I think my 3:27 for 1500m is worth 7:21 for 3000m. — Noureddine Morceli

My real motivation is to reach 3:25 ... I am still young; I have a lot of time left in my career. — Noureddine Morceli

God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already — Oswald Chambers

They are people who literally enter books. — Heather Lyons

My dream is to see the day when nuclear weapons will be banished from the face of the Earth. — Ronald Reagan

Fate is for the weak--those people who don't have enough power or will to shape life into what they need it to be. — Erin Watt

I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after I lost in the (1992) Olympics. I have to win or die. — Noureddine Morceli

Barcelona is now in the past. I was sick and boxed in, and that's understandable why I lost. — Noureddine Morceli

He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech. — Richard Darman

Runners in the western world have a tendency to create psychological barriers for themselves, but Morceli runs at will, with no inhibitions. — Eamonn Coghlan

Perhaps I don't give the impression that I'm hurting on the track. But that is because I am animated by an interior force which covers my suffering. — Noureddine Morceli

What I write, I write. I'll always do it in some form. — Iain Sinclair

The limbo of life is like a song, a melody that comes around occasionally but that sticks in your head and never goes away. — Leigh Hershkovich

Work your vein till it is exhausted, or conducts you to a broader one. — Henry David Thoreau

You are not barred from attaining greatness by heredity. No matter who or what your ancestors may have been or how unlearned or lowly their station, the upward way is open for you. There is no such thing as inheriting a fixed mental position; no matter how small the mental capital we receive from our parents, it may be increased; no man is incapable of growth. — Wallace D. Wattles

People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. — Anton Chekhov

And then in life, you always have to try, and today, I may not have succeeded, but I am happy to have tried to beat my record. — Noureddine Morceli

I believe in God. He is the secret of my success. He gives people talent. — Noureddine Morceli

No matter how pathetic or pitiful, every human is fated to have one moment in their lives in which they can change their own destiny. — Takayuki Yamaguchi

I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry. That's sport. — Noureddine Morceli

When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third? — Noureddine Morceli

As we all know, there is no force stronger in the rhetorical universe than that of liberal race-guilt. — Greg Gutfeld