Genzebe Dibaba Quotes

An athlete may not know what they're putting in their body.
Even when I'm back home, I find the flat parts of the course tougher. Because it's flat, I feel it more in my knees.
Everybody expects me to win the gold medal.
Everyone is getting prepared for this, to win the gold medal. I am among them: I want to win the medal.
I already have natural speed, which I don't need to work on, so in training I've been working more on my endurance.
I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.
I find outdoors easier than indoors, but I am more interested in indoor athletics. I prefer it because it is hotter indoors, and I like the shorter laps.
I had a great season and truly enjoyed competing around the world - from Monaco, where I managed to establish a world record, to Beijing, where I finally captured my first world outdoor title.
I have been dreaming of an outdoor world record forever. Now I want them all: the 1500, the 5000, even the 800.
I train mainly with guys, and they help to push me.
I used to win at school, and some teacher said to me, 'Why don't you take up running like your sisters?'
I want to do just like my sister, if not even better.
I wanted to train more for the outdoor season than the indoor season, so I changed my training totally.
I'm the first from Ethiopia getting 1500-meter world record; that is amazing.
I've worked hard to get here; I would like to thank all the people who helped me.
It feels so good to be the World Athlete of the Year.
It's amazing - 2015 has been a fantastic year for me because of the records I've broken and the wins I've had.
My dream is to get gold medal both in the world championship and the Olympics.
My focus in 2016 will be the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, and as preparation for that, I will try to break the world indoor mile record in Stockholm on February 17.
The 1500 m. record was considered impossible to break.
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Genzebe Dibaba
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08 February, 1991
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Ethiopia
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