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" Growing up, I would never have thought that I'd be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids. "

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" Let me do what I do best. And that's to run and represent my country and make my country proud. "

" You imagine running 120 miles a week, week in, week out, for the past four or five years. It takes a little bit out of you. "

" I want to spend as much time as I can with my kids, but I know the opportunities in athletics don't often come round, so I've just got to make the most of it. "

" It triggers something in you as a human being because you forget what your parents did for you. But when you become a parent, you're like, 'Whoa! It's hard work.' No wonder your parents always tell you off! They've done a lot for you. "

" My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me. "

" I'm a guy who wins medals rather than runs fast times, so for me, what keeps me going is winning medals for my country and making my nation proud. "

" If your body needs certain food, you have to give it to it. And as an athlete, if I'm doing 100 miles a week and working out, if I eat bad food one day, it's not bad for me because I burn it off. "

" I'm as much of a human being as the rest of the world. But if I don't train, I don't win. If I don't focus, I don't win. So I don't have a choice: I just have to run. "

" All that work you put in, it's so worth it to win a medal. "

" It has been a long journey, but if you dream and have the ambition and want to work hard, then you can achieve. "

" If I look back down the years, how I was treated as a kid, if it wasn't for the teachers at my school, then I wouldn't have achieved what I have. You have to look where you came from, and we do need to get more parents involved, more running clubs and more schools. They can make a difference. "

" Everybody in middle-distance running knows each other, and we all know what we are capable of. "

" I'm away about six months of the year, competing here in the U.K. or in training camps in Arizona, Ethiopia, the Pyrenees. "

" I put my body through hell. I run 120 miles a week, week in, week out. "

" Come join us; see the reality of what I have to do to achieve what I achieve. There are no cutting corners. "

" I enjoy my athletics, and I want to take it as far as I can. "

" I go through a lot of painful things. There are sessions when I will be on my back afterwards, crawling. "

" I said to myself, 'I don't want to be coming sixth or seventh, and being the best in Britain. I want to be the best in the world and race against these Kenyan guys.' "

" Even though running is work for me, I always miss it if I take a break. A lot of people find running relaxing, but I can never switch off from timing and competing against myself. "

" It's important you think positively not negatively. Think about your loved ones and all the people who are behind you. "

" You've got to believe in God. "

" It would be great to run around with the family every day, go shopping, take the children out. At my level, though, I can only afford to do that for one week maximum. Otherwise I have to eat, sleep, train - nothing else. "

" Because of who I am, people ask for photos. I can't just say no to everyone. "

" Whenever I race in the U.K., the crowd just makes such a massive difference, often between winning and losing. "

" I remember, in 1999, the first time I met Steve Cram, I didn't know who he was. It was only later, on YouTube, I started watching Seb Coe, Ovett. So it's nice to be recognised as one of the best guys in the world. "

" There is so much to discover in Dubai. "

" I've become someone else, really, like a role model. "

" I've never been in the top three of Sports Personality. And I won't be in the top three again. You have just got to accept what it is. "

" There's Kenyan guys who last year or two years ago were running for Kenya, and then they switched to Qatar and Bahrain and other countries. Yes, I do have a problem with that. "

" I want to thank the public, so I have to keep doing what I do, which is keep winning medals for my country. "