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Mo Farah

(1983) Marathon Runner

98 quotes in 325 categories

Mo Farah is a marathon runner.

Quick Facts About Mo Farah

Born: March 23, 1983
Profession: Marathon Runner

About Mo Farah

[Wikidata] British track and field athlete... | [Wikipedia] Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah is a British former long-distance runner. Considered one of the greatest runners of all time, he holds the record for the most global championship gold medals, making him the most successful male track distance runner in the history of the sport, and he is the most succ

Quotes by Mo Farah · Page 2

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

Miss

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If your body needs certain food, you have to give it to it. And as an athlete, if I'm doing 100 miles…

Bad

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This is where I started life. This is where I went to uni. This is where the people I know are. This…

Country

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

Computers

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Because of who I am, people ask for photos. I can't just say no to everyone.

Everyone

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I'd heard a lot about Dubai before I first visited and couldn't wait to go.

About

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It's important you think positively not negatively. Think about your loved ones and all the people who are behind you.

Important

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Dubai is a safe place, and I never came across anything to worry about.

Dubai

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It gets to you as a father when your kids don't react to you in the way you imagine.

Children

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What do you want to be? If you don't put the work in, you're not going to be able to be it.

Able

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I work so hard for what I do. To achieve what I have has taken me half of my life to be…

Achieve

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

Around

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President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien.

Alien

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I enjoy my athletics, and I want to take it as far as I can.

Athletics

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If I look back down the years, how I was treated as a kid, if it wasn't for the teachers at my…

Look

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To be knighted, that would be amazing. I remember Alex Ferguson from Man Utd got it and Steve Redgrave - to be…

Amazing

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I'm away about six months of the year, competing here in the U.K. or in training camps in Arizona, Ethiopia, the Pyrenees.

About

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

Achieve

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I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.

I am

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

Medal

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The whole reason I moved to the U.S. to be coached by Alberto Salazar is to be able to improve 1 or…

Close

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

Believe

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The public do get behind me, and I love the crowd. When I'm ever in London, they give me massive support -…

Anniversary

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

Everything

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I've shown that if you dream and are willing to work hard, you can achieve your dreams.

Achieve

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