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I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.

I'm the first from Ethiopia getting 1500-meter world record; that is amazing.

I swim almost every day, a thousand meters.

I love the 1,500 meters. I knew that, if I had to do it to win, I'd run under 4:05. That means I could pick up 100 points, maybe even 150 points, on anybody in the world.

You have to win every battle. Every small metre counts, and you have to win your duels. Then you will see you will win the game.

Not one foot will I fly, so long as breath bides within my breast; for, by Him that shaped both sea and land, this day shall end my battles or my life. I will die King of England.

People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.

I'm the king of the anthems.

I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.