Paul Chelimo

Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo (born October 27, 1990) is a Kenyan-born American track and field athlete.

Paul Chelimo is well known in athletics for his mantra, "Go hard or suffer the rest of your life."

Quotes

• “I knew I wasn't the favorite [at Trials] and I had to put in the work to make sure I came out successful. But I believe in one thing: ‘Go hard or suffer the rest of your life’.”
  • "USA’s 5000m king Paul Chelimo: ‘Go hard or suffer the rest of your life’", Olympics.com (27 June 2021).

• “No, man, nobody had transportation to school. The only thing you had was ‘Legsus.’ L-E-G-S-U-S. We used to say, ‘You have a Legsus.’ Like L-E-G for the leg, then S-U-S to mimic the Lexus car. ... We have a ‘Footsubishi.’ And then I would say ‘Shoebaru’ ... to mimic the Subaru vehicle. That was the only mode of transportation that we had. If you’d ask me how you get to school, I’d say, ‘I ride the Legsus.’”
  • "From Kenya's dirt to the world's biggest stage", Greensboro News and Record (15 August 2016), by Eddie Wooten.