You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.

I'm a runner first before anything else.

My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.

Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'

You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.

I want to go down in history.