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Haile Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie (Amharic: ኃይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, haylē gebre silassē; born 18 April 1973) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon. Further to this, he won four world titles indoors and was the 2001 World Half Marathon Champion.

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I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running. '

Athlete, Priorities, Priority, Running, Same, Thing

You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model.

Career, Country, Follow, Model, Race, Winning

If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard.

Body, Damaged, Fixed, Wounded

The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.

Advantage, Getting Older, Long, Use

What is important is to win.

Important, Win, Winning

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.

Break, Car, Good, People, Records

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

Fulfill, Promise

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

Next Steps, People, Power, Thinking, Yes

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.

Achieve, Africa, Enough, Poorest, Sports, Want

I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.

Body, Feel Good, Fitness, Good, Say

Considering that the race is star-studded no runner will be willing to set the pace for the others. This is why a record will be almost impossible.

Impossible, Pace, Race, Record, Runner, Stars

At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.

Day, People, Run, Running, See, The End Of The Day

For me a day without training is like a day without eating.

Day, Eating, Like, Training

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.

Car, Coach, People, Poor, Private

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.

Country, Duty, Like, Nowhere, Want

In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.

Forget, Life, Never Forget, Things, Training

When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.

Ethiopia, Rivers, Running, Tree, Trees

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

Course, Courses, Enough, Nervous

I want to go down in history.

Down, History, Want

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

Commitment, Hard Work, Sport, Sports, Things

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