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Kenya: Discipline Key in Sports Success, Wanja, Kipchoge Insist

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Nairobi — Only the disciplined ones in life are free – This is a famous quote, attributed to marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge.

For a man who has not lost in his last 11 marathons and with a career spanning almost one and a half decades, the saying couldn’t be far-fetched. On Wednesday, as part of a web seminar organized by the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK), Kipchoge couldn’t say this enough times.

“Self-discipline is what drives me. It takes a lot of discipline for one to set priorities right in order. Without discipline success is nothing. That’s what guides you and brings you back to the course when you are outside,” Kipchoge stated.

Veteran Malkia Strikers setter Janet Wanja, also part of the Webinar moderated by BBC Sport Africa’s Lynne Wachira also added her voice to the same.

“For you to maintain at the top, you need to be disciplined, stay focused, set your goals, always want to learn more and take things positively,” Wanja says.

Another important aspect of discipline as highlighted by Kipchoge is being humble in victory and learning to move on and not over-celebrate.

He castigated athletes who choose to ‘tell the body thank you’ and over-indulge after victory.

“The moment you fail to control yourself over success and how society looks you that’s the end of you. You are a human being at the end of the day. Not a celebrity,” Kipchoge noted.