Quotes from Mo Farah

Even though running is work for me, I always miss it if I take a break. A lot of people find running relaxing, but I can never switch off from timing and competing against myself.

My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me.

As an athlete you want to be able to choose something that you haven't already achieved. Is it different distances, or do you come back and defend your titles? It depends what your coach says.

Bolt put the Mobot on the map, to be honest with you! He's just an amazing guy.

I'm 33 years old; I'm getting old. Every year is different, and as an athlete, you've got to be honest with yourself.

I try to be honest in what I do and in everything I do. I try to be honest with my family.

All that work you put in, it's so worth it to win a medal.

I've got such a sweet tooth. I do miss the U.K. where you get sticky toffee pudding or custard, all that.

Let me do what I do best. And that's to run and represent my country and make my country proud.

Everything happens for a reason, so you shouldn't get wound up.

On the track, you know what you're capable of, but being at the birth, you have no control.

When you line up on the track, you want to have done your homework, be aware of what they are capable of. You think about everything. It's like taking a journey, innit?

The whole reason I moved to the U.S. to be coached by Alberto Salazar is to be able to improve 1 or 2 per cent. I was sick of coming sixth in the world, seventh in the world, and get close to a medal, but not quite there, half-a-second.

I'm as much of a human being as the rest of the world. But if I don't train, I don't win. If I don't focus, I don't win. So I don't have a choice: I just have to run.

There's a time in everyone's career where you go, 'Ah, this is hard - how long am I going to have to do this?' But the rewards are so great. Who gets to go on the podium and hear the national anthem? The whole nation singing! Money can't buy you that.

I said to myself, 'I don't want to be coming sixth or seventh, and being the best in Britain. I want to be the best in the world and race against these Kenyan guys.'

Come join us; see the reality of what I have to do to achieve what I achieve. There are no cutting corners.

If I look back down the years, how I was treated as a kid, if it wasn't for the teachers at my school, then I wouldn't have achieved what I have. You have to look where you came from, and we do need to get more parents involved, more running clubs and more schools. They can make a difference.

I wasn't a fighting kid or a causing-trouble kid. I was just one of those cheeky, crazy kids running around.

If your body needs certain food, you have to give it to it. And as an athlete, if I'm doing 100 miles a week and working out, if I eat bad food one day, it's not bad for me because I burn it off.

It's doesn't just come overnight, you've got to train for it and believe in yourself; that's the most important thing.

I remember, in 1999, the first time I met Steve Cram, I didn't know who he was. It was only later, on YouTube, I started watching Seb Coe, Ovett. So it's nice to be recognised as one of the best guys in the world.

Social media can be dangerous. People hide behind their computers and write negative things, so I like to keep it about communicating with my fans.

I'd love to work with children. I've set up the charity, and that's going well. We've got a lot of projects we're doing in Somalia, so I'd like to see how we're doing there.