I'm A Runner First Before Anything Else.

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.

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.

My School Was Six Miles Away From Where I Lived On The Farm. I Had To Walk And Run, There And Back Every Day, Through Gorges And Over Rivers. If I Was Late, There Was A Very Big Stick Waiting For Me.

In My Life I Do A Lot Of Things But I Never Forget My Training.

Many People Know That Ethiopia Is Poor. When I Break A World Record, Maybe People Get To Know Something Else About Ethiopia, Something Good. We Can't Make Planes Or Cars, We Don't Have The Materials. We Do What We Can.