I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working.

My family means everything to me and the birth of our daughter has enabled me to have more focus on my career and every time I compete, I dedicate my success to them.

I realized I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run.

Races always are good to show where you are reaching in your training as well as to keep you sharpened. Every race, in my program, I put it in a special way like a ladder, climbing up slowly and slowly to the next one. I see where my training is, and that is like a test.

Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.

When I was a little boy, I always wanted to run. I loved competing with my friends.

The weather plays a very big role. I have run very few races in the raining and the cold.