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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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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

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• ‟ I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.

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• ‟ In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.

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

  - Haile Gebrselassie