My school was six miles away from where I lived on the farm. I had to walk and run, there and back every day, through gorges and over rivers. If I was late, there was a very big stick waiting for me.
All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running. - Haile Gebrselassie
All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.
- 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 … - 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 …
It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest. - Haile Gebrselassie
It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a h… - Haile Gebrselassie
First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a h…
Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there. - Haile Gebrselassie
Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time. - Haile Gebrselassie
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well. - Haile Gebrselassie
Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.
I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings. - Haile Gebrselassie
I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.
When you promise something, you must fulfill it. - Haile Gebrselassie
When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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