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You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Haile Gebrselassie
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: April 18
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Long-Distance Runner
Marathon Runner
Olympic Athlete
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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.
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Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and for others, they run for completely different benefits. But it is not like that with sport. We need to eat, we need to rest, but also we need to run.
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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.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country.
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Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.
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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.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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I want to go down in history.
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I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.
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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.
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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.
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Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.
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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
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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Age for me is just a number.
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Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.
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My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money.
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