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Zola Budd Quotes

born 1966 South Africa

Zola Budd also known as Zola Pieterse ( born 26 May 1966) is a South African middle-distance and long-distance runner. She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa, both times in the 3000 metres.

South Africa
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Random Zola Budd quote

9 quotes

I love my running; I don’t think my life would be complete without it.

I have never watched that video; I never will.

It is difficult to summarize it. There have been lots of bad times. But lots of good times as well.

Going barefoot is a way of life, Growing up, I loved my running. I was just barefoot and playing and getting stronger. It is good for the feet.

I only train when I feel like it. I don’t do half the mileage I used to.

I don’t really do a lot of long runs. I would rather do high-intensity work, because it takes so long to recover [from the long run].

I wanted them to see the benefits of running, of being healthy and of being outdoors in the countryside. I want them to do it because they like it and not to be competitive.

It is just sad that it happened between me and Mary. If it had been anyone else, if it had been Wendy Sly … But because it was Mary.

It just shows I was right all along.

Attribution

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