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" I'm the champion, and to stay ahead, I have to work harder. "
Mo Farah
Work
Stay
Ahead
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" It gets to you as a father when your kids don't react to you in the way you imagine. "
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" I believe no matter who you are, respect yourself, respect others. "
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" It's great to be British, really. If anything happens, I'm back to my country. At least I have a country. "
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Anything
Back
" 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. "
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Best
Time
" 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. "
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Love
Work
Charity
" 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.' "
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Mind
Thinking
Daughter
" 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. "
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Year
Two
Running
" It's hard, and I don't always get to see my kids. I will never catch up on that time I've missed. "
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Missed
Always
Never
" 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. "
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Choice
Run
Win
" 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. "
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Me
Work
Timing
" I grew up with a lot of friends who are white, black, Muslim, non-Muslim. I like people a lot. "
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Like
Friends
People
" My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me. "
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Sydney
Finish
Me
" What drives me is winning medals and going out there and enjoying it. "
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Out
Drives
Going
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Proud
Very
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Just
Honest
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" I've become someone else, really, like a role model. "
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Like
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You
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Birth
" 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. "
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Family
Me
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Before
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Kid