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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
This hand is not very active always, because it was in this hand that I carried my books. My carrying hand was always my strongest. Now I think my other hand has developed more muscles from signing all those autographs.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.
- Great Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.
- Nov 07, 2020
You lose the speed before the stamina.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love running and I will always run.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
- Promise
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
- Nov 07, 2020