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" 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. "

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" 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 think the way I am, the way I'm chilled out, has a lot to do with being Muslim and having faith. "

" 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. "

" I am just grateful I have a British passport and a country here. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" You've got to believe in God. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I've got four kids, so I plan ahead. I have to book flights far in advance, look at accommodation, where it is, what you can and can't do. Same in running. "

" Everything happens for a reason, so you shouldn't get wound up. "

" I work so hard for what I do. To achieve what I have has taken me half of my life to be able to achieve what I have achieved. And for people to think I have taken a shortcut, it's not right, and it's not fair. "

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

" There's a time in everyone's career where you go, 'Ah, this is hard - how long am I going to have to do this?' But the rewards are so great. Who gets to go on the podium and hear the national anthem? The whole nation singing! Money can't buy you that. "

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

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

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

" I love what I do. I want to continue winning medals. "

" 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. "

" When I run for my country, I'm very proud to run for my country. "

" 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.' "

" It's great to be British, really. If anything happens, I'm back to my country. At least I have a country. "

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

" I was running sub-13 minutes for 5,000 when I was still coached by Alan Storey, and I won double gold at the Europeans in 2010. "