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Saïd Aouita Quotes

born 1959 Morocco

Saïd Aouita (born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan track and field athlete. He is the only athlete in history to have won a medal in each of the 800 meters and 5000 meters at the Olympic Games.

Morocco
Sportspeople

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I prefer always to be alone; I have no coach.

I don't think he can beat me, and I think I can win all three gold medals.

I have no coach. I prefer always to be alone.

We have special techniques. We always train alone. And we always run alone.

Wada has been doing such a fantastic job in trying to catch up with the cheats. And if the IAAF can come up with some near fool-proof strategy like DNA testing of athletes then we will doing our sport a huge favour.

There is not a race tactic that can beat me. If I choose, I can run world records. It was easy for me to win the gold medal here. My time was of no importance to me.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Saïd Aouita (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.