Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.

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

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.

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

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.

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