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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" It's hard, and I don't always get to see my kids. I will never catch up on that time I've missed. "

" There is so much to discover in Dubai. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I'd heard a lot about Dubai before I first visited and couldn't wait to go. "

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

" 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. "

" I enjoy my athletics, and I want to take it as far as I can. "

" On the track, you know what you're capable of, but being at the birth, you have no control. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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? "