World Record Quotes

I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.

When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.

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.

I don't know how you keep the world record holder off your team.