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Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Age for me is just a number.

Age for me is just a number.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.

I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.

In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I know what I want when I start a marathon: to win! But what do you want? Make sure you're clear in advance and don't go out too fast.

I know what I want when I start a marathon: to win! But what do you want? Make sure you're clear in advance and don't go out too fast.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.

I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.

I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York.

If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: For me a day without training is like a day without eating.

For me a day without training is like a day without eating.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.

In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard.

If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I'm a runner first before anything else.

I'm a runner first before anything else.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.

My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.

When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I was the kind of child who worked hard every day with the cows and sheep - I was a very aggressive boy.

I was the kind of child who worked hard every day with the cows and sheep - I was a very aggressive boy.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.

At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I love running and I will always run.

I love running and I will always run.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: What is important is to win.

What is important is to win.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: 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.

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.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life,

I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life,

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: You lose the speed before the stamina.

You lose the speed before the stamina.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Being a great athlete is something that requires a lot of training and dedication, it does not come as easily as some people may think.

Being a great athlete is something that requires a lot of training and dedication, it does not come as easily as some people may think.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.

I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.

I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Athletics is in my blood.

Athletics is in my blood.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I want to avoid injuries by running only road.

I want to avoid injuries by running only road.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Considering that the race is star-studded no runner will be willing to set the pace for the others. This is why a record will be almost impossible.

Considering that the race is star-studded no runner will be willing to set the pace for the others. This is why a record will be almost impossible.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I'm never satisfied.

I'm never satisfied.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'

Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I find the business world hard.

I find the business world hard.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.

When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I want to go down in history.

I want to go down in history.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.

Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: Schooling is so important.

Schooling is so important.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: 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.

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.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.

I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.

Haile Gebrselassie quotes: When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.

When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.