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"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."
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"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
"I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best."
Sports
"I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck."
Time
"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."
Power
"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
"I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first."
Body
"I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner."
Change
"I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really."
Sports
"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
"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."
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"The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning."
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"One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards."
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"Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility."
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"Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!"
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"They baffle me where they go with the storylines... we used to be a Golden Globe winning show."
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"Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear on that, I think CBS and Mary Mapes and Dan Rather and all of us had a very good chance of winning. So this is an ongoing battle about an issue of principle."
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"Winning is everything in Hollywood."
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"The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches."
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"Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong."
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"It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game."
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