112 Quotes by Haile Gebrselassie

Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.

Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and for others, they run for completely different benefits. But it is not like that with sport. We need to eat, we need to rest, but also we need to run.

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.

You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York.

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'