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Haile Gebrselassie

"At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people."

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"They have influence, but no power." "In my experience, influence is power."

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"You can break through every barrier with persistent effort."

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Haile Gebrselassie
"This hand is not very active always, because it was in this hand that I carried my books. My carrying hand was always my strongest. Now I think my other hand has developed more muscles from signing all those autographs."

Books

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Haile Gebrselassie
"That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa."

Learning

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Haile Gebrselassie
"In the rainy season, sometimes to get to the first lesson we had to run really quick, because we had to cross the river to school and we'd have to go up and down the bank to find a place to cross because there is no bridge."

Childhood

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Haile Gebrselassie
"You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model."

Winning

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Haile Gebrselassie
"He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me."

Family

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Haile Gebrselassie
"My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'."

Money

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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."

Athletes

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Haile Gebrselassie
"I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck."

Time

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Haile Gebrselassie
"What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me."

Work

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

Sports

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