“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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