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.

Athletics is in my blood.

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

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

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

What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.