If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.

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.

First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

I was the kind of child who worked hard every day with the cows and sheep - I was a very aggressive boy.