Author: Haile Gebrselassie

Quotes

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

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

- Haile Gebrselassie

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.

- Haile Gebrselassie

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

- Haile Gebrselassie

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

- Haile Gebrselassie

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

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

- Haile Gebrselassie

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

- Haile Gebrselassie

I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.

I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.

- Haile Gebrselassie

My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.

My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.

- Haile Gebrselassie

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

- Haile Gebrselassie

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