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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'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.' "

" The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions. "

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

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

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

" Because of who I am, people ask for photos. I can't just say no to everyone. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's doesn't just come overnight, you've got to train for it and believe in yourself; that's the most important thing. "

Believe In Yourself

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

" Bolt put the Mobot on the map, to be honest with you! He's just an amazing guy. "

" 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. "

" I always learn something from every race. "

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

" There is so much to discover in Dubai. "

" When you line up on the track, you want to have done your homework, be aware of what they are capable of. You think about everything. It's like taking a journey, innit? "

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

" 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. "

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

" In America... it's not divided, but with Trump now, it's like you are asking for trouble. We wouldn't dare to say any of the things he is saying in our country and get away with it. It's just... blasphemy. "

" 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 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. "

" It has been a long journey, but if you dream and have the ambition and want to work hard, then you can achieve. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

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

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