"When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts."
-Haile Gebrselassie
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"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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"What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me."
-Haile Gebrselassie
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"I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife."
-Haile Gebrselassie
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"I want to go down in history."
-Haile Gebrselassie
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"This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts."
-Haile Gebrselassie
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"I don't see myself as famous at all so I'm continuing my life as normal."
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"People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are."
-Mae Whitman
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-Jennifer Grey
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"I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional."
-Jon Carroll
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