Haile Gebrselassie

"Age for me is just a number."

"I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife."

"I find the business world hard."

"You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people."

"I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner."

"I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia."