- Athlete | April 18, 1973 -
That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.
Haile Gebrselassie
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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 wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.
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I love running and I will always run.
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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.
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I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.
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Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.
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In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.
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What is important is to win.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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My school was six miles away from where I lived on the farm. I had to walk and run, there and back every day, through gorges and over rivers. If I was late, there was a very big stick waiting for me.
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Schooling is so important.
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