You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, Why dont you find a personal coach or a private car? I cant. Then I wont be part of my people. – Haile Gebrselassie
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
What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You cant work out another route. Youve 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
The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it. – Haile Gebrselassie