Ethiopia Quotes

When I use the word 'healing,' by that I mean that every disease has a physical element that we're very good at handling, but there's always a sense of the violation. 'Why me?' 'Why is my leg broken on the ski trip and not anyone else's?' And I think that medicine has done a terrible job of addressing that spiritual violation.
When you have a natural genetic tan developed over centuries and many generations, the idea of soaking up rays by the pool has never made sense.
You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp all the time.
I'm learning simplicity and how to wear my body. I'm enjoying life and trying to be the best me.
Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights.
Modeling is not something you excel because you are clever but is based on physical appearance, but then you have to be a businesswoman, like, to keep your longevity.
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.
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