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.
From Haile Gebrselassie
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.
My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.
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.
I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.
The marathon always starts after 30K. That's where the problems start. You start without any problems, without any pain. All the pain comes after 30K. Sometimes, it's possible to have pain even in the finger.
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 you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.
First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.
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