It was an extraterrestrial performance. It is very special to go below 4:50, but I believe I can do better.

When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?

I believe in God. He is the secret of my success. He gives people talent.

I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry. That's sport.

The new Kenyans. There are always new Kenyans.

Perhaps I don't give the impression that I'm hurting on the track. But that is because I am animated by an interior force which covers my suffering.

(Algerian athlete, 1996 Summer Olympics, on the 3000m world record) I think my 3:27 for 1500m is worth 7:21 for 3000m.

My real motivation is to reach 3:25... I am still young; I have a lot of time left in my career.

I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after I lost in the (1992) Olympics. I have to win or die.

Barcelona is now in the past. I was sick and boxed in, and that's understandable why I lost.

And then in life, you always have to try, and today, I may not have succeeded, but I am happy to have tried to beat my record.

Some things have to be believed to be seen.

I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice.

Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.

Life's wildest moment---she kneels on the sidewalk. Everything else she does is lies, lies.

Deadlines and things make you creative.

Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time.

each new poem is partly propelled by the formal energies of all the poems that have preceded it in the history of literature.

But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22

Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked a joint. I'll be honest with you. That's the truth.