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

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 want to avoid injuries by running only road.

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.

I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.

I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.