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

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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. "

" I always learn something from every race. "

" I work every day hard. I put my body through hell. Let me tell you, every year, seven months of the year, I don't see my family. Year in, year out. I miss my kids. Kid's birthdays, anniversaries. I'll never be able to go back and be with my family. "

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

" I don't want to talk politics, but what I do say is I believe in rules and laws, and if you come to this country, you've got to abide by the rules here. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Dubai is a safe place, and I never came across anything to worry about. "

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

" I've got such a sweet tooth. I do miss the U.K. where you get sticky toffee pudding or custard, all that. "

" 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. "

" My goals are to run the London Marathon and do the best that I can. "

" What I do, it's part of my job, but you want to bring your kids up the right way and give them everything - to be there for them and have that connection. "

" The public do get behind me, and I love the crowd. When I'm ever in London, they give me massive support - the Anniversary Games, the cheers; they are always nice to me. "

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

" To be labelled a cheat - it's not fair. If I'm a cheat, then prove I'm a cheat or just leave me alone and let me do what I do best. "

" I'm the champion, and to stay ahead, I have to work harder. "

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

" 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'm especially drawn to the sand dunes. I love driving around and exploring them by dune buggy. "

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

" I don't know much about politics, but you have to look at it with the bigger picture and think what's best for us now, what's best for us in 10 years' time, what's best for our kids' kids' future - and I don't know. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'd love to work with children. I've set up the charity, and that's going well. We've got a lot of projects we're doing in Somalia, so I'd like to see how we're doing there. "

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