Haile Gebrselassie Quotes

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• All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, Commitment, Hard Work

  "Haile Gebrselassie: 'In long distance, you have to be patient'". Interview With Adharanand Finn, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2013.

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• When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, Distance, Half Marathons

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• Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Winning, Wells, You Can Win

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• First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Believe, Two, Training

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• Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Hard Work, Commitment, Discipline

  "Haile Gebrselassie shares secrets of his success". Interview with Susannah Palk, www.cnn.com. April 15, 2011.

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• 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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Sports, Hard Work, Commitment

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• I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  People, Trying, Situation

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

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Training, Eating

  "Gebrselassie running into history". Interview with Brian Cazeneuve, www.si.com. March 24, 2010.

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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.'

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, Athlete, Priorities

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• When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Promise

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• 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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Fitness, Feel Good, Body

  Interview with Jim White, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2002.

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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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Sports, Running, Exercise

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• 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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Country, Want, Duty

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• If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Planning, Making Money, Broke

  "Haile Gebrselassie shares secrets of his success". Interview with Susannah Palk, www.cnn.com. April 15, 2011.

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• I love running and I will always run.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running

  Interview with Chris Kelsall, www.milesplit.com. April 10, 2012.

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• The marathon always starts after 30K. That's where the problems start. You start without any problems, without any pain. All the pain comes after 30K. Sometimes, it's possible to have pain even in the finger.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Pain, Marathon, Problem

  "Gebrselassie running into history". Interview with Brian Cazeneuve, www.si.com. March 24, 2010.

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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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  People, Car, Poor

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• Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Brain, Officials

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• 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

  Morning, Giving, Effort

  "Haile Gebrselassie shares secrets of his success" By Susannah Palk, www.cnn.com. April 15, 2011.

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• 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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, School, Rivers

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

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, People, The End Of The Day

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• My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Sports, Fun, Father

  Interview with Jim White, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2002.

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• Age for me is just a number.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Birthday, Numbers, Age

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• I know what I want when I start a marathon: to win! But what do you want? Make sure you're clear in advance and don't go out too fast.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Winning, Want, Marathon

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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

  Running, Real, Home

  Interview with Jim White, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2002.

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