I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.
I want to go down in history.
Being a great athlete is something that requires a lot of training and dedication, it does not come as easily as some people may think.
I'm a runner first before anything else.
When you talk about world record times, you have to understand that everything must be perfect the weather, the course, the temperature. It is not always enough to be in good shape.
I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.
If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
In the annals of science fiction, where dystopias rule the imaginative roost, Star Trek stood nearly alone in telling us that our future would be better than our past, that our common problems would be solved, that we, as a species, were fundamentally good, and that the universe would reward us for our goodness.
I think it's good to have a balance. Everything I write about, it's not something I necessarily might have went through, there's songs where I might have an idea, sometimes it might be a melody or something that I like, I make up a story to go with that melody. But I do think it's most important to have honest songs.
As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as the country that people around the world continue to look to in times of crisis, we've got a vital role to play. We can't stand on the sidelines. We've got a unique responsibility.
What one does easily, one does well.