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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

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You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.

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I want to go down in history.

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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.

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I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

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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.

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I'm never satisfied.

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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.

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

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

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Athlete

Born: April 18th, 1973

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