Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.

I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.

It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.

In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.

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

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

For me a day without training is like a day without eating.