I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

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

You lose the speed before the stamina.

I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.

The marathon always starts after 30K. That's where the problems start. You start without any problems, without any pain. All the pain comes after 30K. Sometimes, it's possible to have pain even in the finger.

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.

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.