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" 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. "

Mo Farah

Body

Day

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" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I believe no matter who you are, respect yourself, respect others. "

" Obviously, I believe in clean sport and want to do all that I can, but at the same time, you can only control yourself. "

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

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

" I've shown that if you dream and are willing to work hard, you can achieve your dreams. "

" 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. "

" Records are there to be broken. Lots of people would love to swap their world record for an Olympic medal, but for me, my medals are there forever and ever, and that's what does it for me. "

Mo Farah

Broken

People

" In life, if people need help, then we should try and help them out. "

" Social media can be dangerous. People hide behind their computers and write negative things, so I like to keep it about communicating with my fans. "

" 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. "

Mo Farah

Day

Family

" It's hard, and I don't always get to see my kids. I will never catch up on that time I've missed. "

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

" A guy like me, yes, I am good in terms of championship races, and that's where I dominate - but in terms of running fast times, I haven't quite done that. "

" I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m. "

Mo Farah

I Am

Than

" Every race is different. If you come down the home straight neck and neck, the crowd cheering for you can decide the race. "

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

Mo Farah

Sydney

Finish

" 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. "

" What do you want to be? If you don't put the work in, you're not going to be able to be 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. "

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

" 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. "

" It gets to you as a father when your kids don't react to you in the way you imagine. "

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

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

" This is where I started life. This is where I went to uni. This is where the people I know are. This is my country, and when I put on my Great Britain vest, I'm proud, very proud, that it's my country. "

" 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. "

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