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.

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

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.

When you talk about world record times, you have to understand that everything must be perfect the weather, the course, the temperature. It is not always enough to be in good shape.

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

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

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.