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" I grew up with a lot of friends who are white, black, Muslim, non-Muslim. I like people a lot. "

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" I'd promised my older daughter Rhianna I was going to get a medal for her, and in my mind I was thinking, 'I can't let her down.' "

" This picture has been painted of me. It's not right. I am 100% clean. "

" What drives me is winning medals and going out there and enjoying it. "

" 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. "

" You try and help something, and later on it bites you, so it's a hard decision, but as a country, as a nation, people need our help. "

" There's got to be the same rules for everyone. "

" President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien. "

" To be knighted, that would be amazing. I remember Alex Ferguson from Man Utd got it and Steve Redgrave - to be in the same category as them is amazing. "

" In training camp, you know what each person is doing. "

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

" I wished for just one medal as a junior. "

" I'm 33 years old; I'm getting old. Every year is different, and as an athlete, you've got to be honest with yourself. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Look at my success. I didn't achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years' struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement. "

" As an athlete, you can train for so many years to be a 5K/10K runner. That's who you are, and it's hard to change that. Not using that technique - almost like a sprint - that's when you have to loosen up and just save as much energy as you can. "

" You've got to believe in God. "

" I'd heard a lot about Dubai before I first visited and couldn't wait to go. "

" There is so much to discover in Dubai. "

" I always learn something from every race. "

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

" The only medication that I am on, I am on asthma, and I have had that since I was a child. That's just a normal use. "

" If I didn't have the family and everything, I wouldn't be where I am. "

" I work every day, and every year I spend seven months away from my family. I miss my kids' birthdays, and those are times I will never be able to go back on and share with them. That kills me. "

" If I am lining up for a race, and I know there is someone there who cheats, it upsets me. "

" I used to get called 'Ferrari' when I was a kid because I was always running everywhere. "