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.

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You need Discipline Hard work Commitment

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Love running Always

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

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Life Struggle Fight

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

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Marathon Distance Runners Time

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I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.

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First victory Achieved Fast time

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

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Have commitment Discipline Hard work

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

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Always Win mentally Physically

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

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High official Your brain Come on Do it

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I'm a runner first before anything else.

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Runner first Before anything

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Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

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Athletes Confident Thinking

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

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A day Training Without eating

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When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.

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No shoes Comfortable Run barefoot Difficult

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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.

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I say Retire Very moment Words

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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.

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Change everything Myself One People

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

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My life Things Forget training

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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.

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Duty Spend Money Nowhere

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

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Social responsibility Open People's eyes

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I find the business world hard.

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Business world Hard

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

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Wanted Famous People Talk about

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

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My father Running Sensible Wasting time

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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.

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Enough training Believe Yourself Mentality

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

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Promise something Deliver Disappear

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If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard.

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Your body Damaged Wounded Mentally

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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.

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Sport Great Place Want

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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.

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Achieved something Running Exploded Country

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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.

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Think Come first World record Best

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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.

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Politician Next step Want power

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Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

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Eradicate poverty Matters Country Training

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"28 Haile Gebrselassie Quotes & Sayings

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

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

I'm a runner first before anything else.

Haile Gebrselassie

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

I find the business world hard.

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Haile Gebrselassie

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

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

Haile Gebrselassie

If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard.

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

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

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.

Haile Gebrselassie

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

Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

Haile Gebrselassie

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