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Incredible, but true. Zatopek's father discouraged the young boy like anything in his running. He even went to the extent of saying, "Sports is an unnecessary time waster. If you've got nothing to do, go to the river and fetch catkins for my bees!"

From:Sri Chinmoy,Emil Zatopek: earth's tearing cry and Heaven's beaming smile, Agni Press, 1980
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