Mo Farah Quotes

Mo Farah

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 23, 1983

As an athlete you want to be able to choose something that you haven't already achieved. Is it different distances, or do you come back and defend your titles? It depends what your coach says.

Mo Farah

If your body needs certain food, you have to give it to it. And as an athlete, if I'm doing 100 miles a week and working out, if I eat bad food one day, it's not bad for me because I burn it off.

Mo Farah

I'd love to work with children. I've set up the charity, and that's going well. We've got a lot of projects we're doing in Somalia, so I'd like to see how we're doing there.

Mo Farah

Bolt put the Mobot on the map, to be honest with you! He's just an amazing guy.

Mo Farah

I try to be honest in what I do and in everything I do. I try to be honest with my family.

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My goals are to run the London Marathon and do the best that I can.

Mo Farah

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

Mo Farah

When I run for my country, I'm very proud to run for my country.

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There's Kenyan guys who last year or two years ago were running for Kenya, and then they switched to Qatar and Bahrain and other countries. Yes, I do have a problem with that.

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I've become someone else, really, like a role model.

Mo Farah

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

Mo Farah

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

Mo Farah

I want to spend as much time as I can with my kids, but I know the opportunities in athletics don't often come round, so I've just got to make the most of it.

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

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Obviously, I believe in clean sport and want to do all that I can, but at the same time, you can only control yourself.

Mo Farah

Athletics, for me, was something I was pushed towards. I really wanted to play football when I was younger. Over the years, I started to enjoy it more and learn about it.

Mo Farah

I remember, in 1999, the first time I met Steve Cram, I didn't know who he was. It was only later, on YouTube, I started watching Seb Coe, Ovett. So it's nice to be recognised as one of the best guys in the world.

Mo Farah