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" Let me do what I do best. And that's to run and represent my country and make my country proud. "
Mo Farah
Country
Proud
Best
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Coming
" 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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Here
" 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 try to be honest in what I do and in everything I do. I try to be honest with my family. "
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Try
Honest
Family
" I want to thank the public, so I have to keep doing what I do, which is keep winning medals for my country. "
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Country
Winning
" 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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Just
Normal
Asthma
" 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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Coach
Athlete
Back
" You've got to believe in God. "
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God
Got
You
" When I run for my country, I'm very proud to run for my country. "
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Run
Proud
Very
" 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. "
Mo Farah
Yes
Good
Done
" 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. "
Mo Farah
Me
Alone
Best
" It's great to be British, really. If anything happens, I'm back to my country. At least I have a country. "
Mo Farah
British
Anything
Back
" Look at my success. I didn't achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years' struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement. "
Mo Farah
Success
Improvement
Look
" I enjoy my athletics, and I want to take it as far as I can. "
Mo Farah
Far
I Can
Take
" Growing up, I would never have thought that I'd be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids. "
Mo Farah
Home
Growing Up
Champion
" You imagine running 120 miles a week, week in, week out, for the past four or five years. It takes a little bit out of you. "
Mo Farah
Running
Imagine
Week
" 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. "
Mo Farah
Trouble
America
You
" 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. "
Mo Farah
Want
I Can
Know
" Come join us; see the reality of what I have to do to achieve what I achieve. There are no cutting corners. "
Mo Farah
Join
Come
Reality
" 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. "
Mo Farah
Media
Computers
People
" 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. "
Mo Farah
Personality
Three
You
" 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. "
Mo Farah
Choice
Run
Win
" Everybody in middle-distance running knows each other, and we all know what we are capable of. "
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Other
Running
Know
" If I didn't have the family and everything, I wouldn't be where I am. "
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Where
Everything
Family
" 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. "
Mo Farah
Look
Parents
School
" 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. "
Mo Farah
Best
You
Time
" 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? "
Mo Farah
Journey
Homework
Done
" Everything happens for a reason, so you shouldn't get wound up. "
Mo Farah
You
Everything
Happens
" 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
Me
Body
Day
" 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. "
Mo Farah
Nice
Best
Time