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 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.

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.

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.

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

Yesterday is a closed door. Tomorrow is the opening of a new one. What are you doing to seize the moment?

Enthusiasm moves the world.

Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.

I don't know if bliss is possible and I've always thought that my best times will be later in life.

We may talk of saving antique linens, species, or languages; but whatever we are intent on saving, when a restoration succeeds, we rescue ourselves.

Late children are early orphans.

What is truth today may be a damn lie next week.

Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions.

He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite.

Technology is transforming everything. Who knows what it's doing, we don't really understand it.