Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

I like to make something beautiful when I run ... it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.

When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that hasn't been done before. You get all this magnetic energy, people focusing on one thing at the same time. I really get excited about it. It makes me want to compete even more. It makes it all worthwhile, all the hours of hard work.