Barcelona is now in the past. I was sick and boxed in, and that's understandable why I lost.

The new Kenyans. There are always new Kenyans.

Perhaps I don't give the impression that I'm hurting on the track. But that is because I am animated by an interior force which covers my suffering.

My real motivation is to reach 3:25... I am still young; I have a lot of time left in my career.

And then in life, you always have to try, and today, I may not have succeeded, but I am happy to have tried to beat my record.

I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after I lost in the (1992) Olympics. I have to win or die.

It was an extraterrestrial performance. It is very special to go below 4:50, but I believe I can do better.