I grew up with a lot of friends who are white, black, Muslim, non-Muslim. I like people a lot. – Mo Farah
I’m as much of a human being as the rest of the world. But if I don’t train, I don’t win. If I don’t focus, I don’t win. So I don’t have a choice: I just have to run. – Mo Farah
Growing up, I would never have thought that I’d be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids. – Mo Farah
I’m away about six months of the year, competing here in the U.K. or in training camps in Arizona, Ethiopia, the Pyrenees. – Mo Farah
What do you want to be? If you don’t put the work in, you’re not going to be able to be it. – Mo Farah
It’s doesn’t just come overnight, you’ve got to train for it and believe in yourself; that’s the most important thing. – Mo Farah
I want to thank the public, so I have to keep doing what I do, which is keep winning medals for my country. – Mo Farah
My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me. – Mo Farah
To be knighted, that would be amazing. I remember Alex Ferguson from Man Utd got it and Steve Redgrave – to be in the same category as them is amazing. – Mo Farah
You imagine running 120 miles a week, week in, week out, for the past four or five years. It takes a little bit out of you. – Mo Farah
Records are there to be broken. Lots of people would love to swap their world record for an Olympic medal, but for me, my medals are there forever and ever, and that’s what does it for me. – Mo Farah
In America… it’s not divided, but with Trump now, it’s like you are asking for trouble. We wouldn’t dare to say any of the things he is saying in our country and get away with it. It’s just… blasphemy. – Mo Farah
When you line up on the track, you want to have done your homework, be aware of what they are capable of. You think about everything. It’s like taking a journey, innit? – Mo Farah
