- Athlete | April 18, 1973 -
I find the business world hard.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and for others, they run for completely different benefits. But it is not like that with sport. We need to eat, we need to rest, but also we need to run.
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In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.
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You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.
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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.
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I want to go down in history.
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You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.
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I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.
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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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