Haile Gebrselassie Quotes - Page 2

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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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• Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Struggle, Fighting, Kind

  "Q & A with Haile Gebrselassie". CNN Interview, edition.cnn.com. November 9, 2007.

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• 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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Athlete, Thinking, Dedication

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• He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Father, Remember, Beats

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

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Training, Never Forget, Forget

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• Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Years, Three, Four

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• My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, Father, Thinking

  "Q & A with Haile Gebrselassie". CNN Interview, edition.cnn.com. November 9, 2007.

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• I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Eye, Responsibility, People

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• 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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Book, Thinking, Hands

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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

  Sports, Want, Enough

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• Athletics is in my blood.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Blood, Athletics

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• You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Promise, Want, Disappear

  "Haile Gebrselassie bows to will of his people for one last hurrah". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2011.

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• I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Things Change, Marathon, Runners

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• 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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Country, Winning, Race

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

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• I was the kind of child who worked hard every day with the cows and sheep - I was a very aggressive boy.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Children, Boys, Sheep

  The CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. November 9, 2007.

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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

  Running, Nice, Giving

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

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• Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, Country, Athlete

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• I'm a runner first before anything else.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Firsts, Runners

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• 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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Weather, Perfect, Records

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• I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, Retiring

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• I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, School, Perfect

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• You lose the speed before the stamina.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Speed, Stamina, Loses

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• I want to avoid injuries by running only road.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, Want, Injury

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

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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

  Running, Challenges, Looks

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

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• 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.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Thinking, People, Next Steps

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