Haile Gebrselassie

Athlete

1973-04-18

Quotes by Haile Gebrselassie

• Age for me is just a number.

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• I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.

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• You lose the speed before the stamina.

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• What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.

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

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• Many people know that Ethiopia is poor. When I break a world record, maybe people get to know something else about Ethiopia, something good. We can't make planes or cars, we don't have the materials. We do what we can.

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• When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.

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• I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.

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