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" 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. "

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" I'm 33 years old; I'm getting old. Every year is different, and as an athlete, you've got to be honest with yourself. "

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

" 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. "

" I've become someone else, really, like a role model. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Athletics, for me, was something I was pushed towards. I really wanted to play football when I was younger. Over the years, I started to enjoy it more and learn about it. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" If I didn't have the family and everything, I wouldn't be where I am. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I always learn something from every race. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" There is so much to discover in Dubai. "

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

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

" My goals are to run the London Marathon and do the best that I can. "