In the rainy season, sometimes to get to the first lesson we had to run really quick, because we had to cross the river to school and we'd have to go up and down the bank to find a place to cross because there is no bridge.

I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life.