I'm A Runner First Before Anything Else.

Why Should I Say I Will Retire In Three Or Four Years? You Retire The Very Moment You Utter Those Words.

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.

This Hand Is Not Very Active Always, Because It Was In This Hand That I Carried My Books. My Carrying Hand Was Always My Strongest. Now I Think My Other Hand Has Developed More Muscles From Signing All Those Autographs.

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.

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.