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" 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. "

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" Obviously, I believe in clean sport and want to do all that I can, but at the same time, you can only control yourself. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I'm the champion, and to stay ahead, I have to work harder. "

" This is where I started life. This is where I went to uni. This is where the people I know are. This is my country, and when I put on my Great Britain vest, I'm proud, very proud, that it's my country. "

" I wished for just one medal as a junior. "

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

" I'm especially drawn to the sand dunes. I love driving around and exploring them by dune buggy. "

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

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

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

" In life, if people need help, then we should try and help them out. "

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

" I'm a guy who wins medals rather than runs fast times, so for me, what keeps me going is winning medals for my country and making my nation proud. "

" I try to be honest in what I do and in everything I do. I try to be honest with my family. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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? "

" 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. "