I Want To Avoid Injuries By Running

Many People Know That Ethiopia Is Poor. When I Break A World Record, Maybe People Get To Know Something Else About Ethiopia, Something Good. We Can't Make Planes Or Cars, We Don't Have The Materials. We Do What We Can.

Always, If You Win Mentally, You Can Win Physically As Well.

Eradicate Poverty. This Is All That Matters In My Country. When I Am Out Training I Think About This A Lot; When I Am Running It Is Going Over In My Mind. As A Country We Cannot Move Forward Until We Eradicate Poverty.

I Wanted To Experience New York, To Look Up And See Buildings.

I Always Tell Young Athletes The Same Thing, 'wherever You Go, Whatever You Do, What Must Your Top Priority Be? Running.'