I'm trying to be careful as much as I can eating this American food. Burgers are heavy. So, I'm trying to minimize that as much as I can.

I want to be a voice for my people and I will continue to protest.

Even if I wanted to run for Ethiopia, I wouldn't expect the government or federation to choose me to do that.

The people of Ethiopia are saying they've had enough of the killings and are tired of being exiled, imprisoned, beaten and we are done. We have had enough. We want peace now.

What I want people to know about Ethiopia is that it is a country of nations and nationalities. Oromos are the majority. But Oromos have been so good to Ethiopia but have been marginalized for years.

In Ethiopia, the problem is that you don't know who's who. You don't know who to trust. You don't have any freedom.

I have no plans to seek asylum in the U.S. or elsewhere. I have not thought about citizenship. I love my country, the only problem I have is with the government.

People are demanding their rights and not backing down and I hope that change is on the horizon and change will come to Ethiopia soon, so I don't have even go that far to seek a U.S. citizenship.

Sports are my life. It is my life but it's also how I earn a living.

Dear women, do not marry until you find your true being, your mission

Flowers for me are just things to give to a beatiful woman.

Be at peace with yourself and everyone. It is the greatest inner strength.

Boredom is usually what spurs either bad decisions or any decision at all.

I have found in life that everything, no matter how bad, comes to an end.

I'm on a different plane like Hervé Villechaize

Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; Small stands the mountain, moments make the year, and trifles life.

Deformed persons commonly take revenge on nature.

We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope

How could I have been a wife, a mother and a singer? Who takes care of the piccolini when you go around the world? Your children would not call you Mama, but Renata.