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

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" As an athlete you want to be able to choose something that you haven't already achieved. Is it different distances, or do you come back and defend your titles? It depends what your coach says. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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'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'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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" The whole reason I moved to the U.S. to be coached by Alberto Salazar is to be able to improve 1 or 2 per cent. I was sick of coming sixth in the world, seventh in the world, and get close to a medal, but not quite there, half-a-second. "

" I could sit at home, watch TV, and go for the odd run. But to be the best, you have to make this sacrifice, keep going away and doing blocks of training in the mountains. "

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

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

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

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