#me

The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#another #because #course #experience #getting

People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph. ↗

— Walt Disney

#cartoonist #check #contract #days #i

Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#i #moment #retire #say #should

Age for me is just a number. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#just #me #number

I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#against #always #been #conditions #factor

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#famous #i #me #people #talk

I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#am #best #business #estate #except

If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#cannot #damaged #fix #fixed #hard

In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#beginning #championship #crazy #just #keep

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

#commitment #discipline #everything #hard #hard work