Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country.

My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.

When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.

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.

This hand is not very active always, because it was in this hand that I carried my books. My carrying hand was always my strongest. Now I think my other hand has developed more muscles from signing all those autographs.

If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard.

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.