Haile Gebrselassie
  • Age for me is just a number.

  • 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.

  • I find the business world hard.

  • 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.

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