I love running and I will always run.

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

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

Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

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

You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.

I was the kind of child who worked hard every day with the cows and sheep - I was a very aggressive boy.