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

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.

At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.

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

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.

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

I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.