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" To be knighted, that would be amazing. I remember Alex Ferguson from Man Utd got it and Steve Redgrave - to be in the same category as them is amazing. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" It's important you think positively not negatively. Think about your loved ones and all the people who are behind you. "

" It triggers something in you as a human being because you forget what your parents did for you. But when you become a parent, you're like, 'Whoa! It's hard work.' No wonder your parents always tell you off! They've done a lot for you. "

" All that work you put in, it's so worth it to win a medal. "

" It would be great to run around with the family every day, go shopping, take the children out. At my level, though, I can only afford to do that for one week maximum. Otherwise I have to eat, sleep, train - nothing else. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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.' "

" In training camp, you know what each person is doing. "

" 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. "

" I used to get called 'Ferrari' when I was a kid because I was always running everywhere. "

" Dubai is a safe place, and I never came across anything to worry about. "

" If I am lining up for a race, and I know there is someone there who cheats, it upsets me. "

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

" I wasn't a fighting kid or a causing-trouble kid. I was just one of those cheeky, crazy kids running around. "

" I think the way I am, the way I'm chilled out, has a lot to do with being Muslim and having faith. "

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

" 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. "

" What drives me is winning medals and going out there and enjoying it. "

" President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien. "

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

" 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. "