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.

First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.

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.

The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.

I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.

Schooling is so important.

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