Quotes by Mo Farah - Page 2

To be labelled a cheat - it's not fair. If I'm a cheat, then prove I'm a cheat or just leave me alone and let me do what I do best.
Mo Farah /
Alone
Cheat
Leave Me Alone
Not Fair
Prove
Leave
Fair
Labelled
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You try and help something, and later on it bites you, so it's a hard decision, but as a country, as a nation, people need our help.
Mo Farah /
Bites
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I'm a guy who wins medals rather than runs fast times, so for me, what keeps me going is winning medals for my country and making my nation proud.
Mo Farah /
Medals
Runs
Wins
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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 with my fans.
Mo Farah /
Computers
Dangerous
Fans
Media
Negative
Social
Social Media
Behind
Communicating
Hide
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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 in the same category as them is amazing.
Mo Farah /
Ferguson
Category
Steve
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I don't want to talk politics, but what I do say is I believe in rules and laws, and if you come to this country, you've got to abide by the rules here.
Mo Farah /
Politics Believe I Believe
Abide
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A guy like me, yes, I am good in terms of championship races, and that's where I dominate - but in terms of running fast times, I haven't quite done that.
Mo Farah /
Championship
Good I Am Me
Good Done Me
Good Done Where
Dominate
Races
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What I do, it's part of my job, but you want to bring your kids up the right way and give them everything - to be there for them and have that connection.
Mo Farah /
Right Way
Your Way Everything
Connection
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I've got four kids, so I plan ahead. I have to book flights far in advance, look at accommodation, where it is, what you can and can't do. Same in running.
Mo Farah /
Accommodation
Advance
Flights
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Look at my success. I didn't achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years' struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement.
Mo Farah /
Achieve
Improvement
Struggle
Been
Year
Every
Times
Look
Gradual
Overnight
Product
Shown
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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.
Mo Farah /
Athletics
Round
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I said to myself, 'I don't want to be coming sixth or seventh, and being the best in Britain. I want to be the best in the world and race against these Kenyan guys.'
Mo Farah /
Being The Best
Britain
Race
Best Myself World
Sixth
Coming
Guys
Seventh
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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 /
Focus
Run
Choice
Rest
Human Being
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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 /
Capable
Homework
Track
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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 - the Anniversary Games, the cheers; they are always nice to me.
Mo Farah /
Anniversary
Games
Give Me
London
Massive
Support
Love Always Me
Behind
Cheers
Public
Crowd
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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 /
Athletics
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I could sit at home, watch TV, and go for the odd run. But to be the best, you have to make this sacrifice, keep going away and doing blocks of training in the mountains.
Mo Farah /
Going Away
Odd
Sacrifice
Training
Blocks
Mountains
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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 /
Charity
Somalia
Love Work Doing
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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.
Mo Farah /
Bahrain
Last Year
Other Countries
Switched
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Even though running is work for me, I always miss it if I take a break. A lot of people find running relaxing, but I can never switch off from timing and competing against myself.
Mo Farah /
Running
Break
Competing
Timing
Work Myself Always
Work Myself Me
Miss
Relaxing
Switch
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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 /
Broken
Forever
Medal
Love World Me
Lots
Does
Ever
Record
Olympic
Olympic Medal
Swap
World Record
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I work every day, and every year I spend seven months away from my family. I miss my kids' birthdays, and those are times I will never be able to go back on and share with them. That kills me.
Mo Farah /
Family Work Me
Birthdays
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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 /
Athlete
Depends
Titles
Achieved
Coach
Defend
Distances
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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 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 /
Athlete
Certain
Miles
Needs
One Day
Week
Your Body
Food Your Me
Food Me Day
Body Needs
Burn
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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 is my country, and when I put on my Great Britain vest, I'm proud, very proud, that it's my country.
Mo Farah /
Britain
Great Britain
Life Great Country
Vest
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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 /
Blasphemy
Dare
Divided
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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 able to achieve what I have achieved. And for people to think I have taken a shortcut, it's not right, and it's not fair.
Mo Farah /
Not Fair
Life Work Me
Achieved
Shortcut
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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 /
First Time
Youtube
Best Time World
Cram
Later
Met
Recognised
Steve
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I don't know much about politics, but you have to look at it with the bigger picture and think what's best for us now, what's best for us in 10 years' time, what's best for our kids' kids' future - and I don't know.
Mo Farah /
Bigger Picture
Time Best Politics
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It would be great to run around with the family every day, go shopping, take the children out. At my level, though, I can only afford to do that for one week maximum. Otherwise I have to eat, sleep, train - nothing else.
Mo Farah /
Family
Maximum
Shopping
Afford
Run
Every Day
Otherwise
Though
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It triggers something in you as a human being because you forget what your parents did for you. But when you become a parent, you're like, 'Whoa! It's hard work.' No wonder your parents always tell you off! They've done a lot for you.
Mo Farah /
Hard Work
Parent
Triggers
Work Hard Work Parents
No Wonder
Whoa
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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 2 per cent. I was sick of coming sixth in the world, seventh in the world, and get close to a medal, but not quite there, half-a-second.
Mo Farah /
Medal
Moved
Sick
Sixth
Cent
Close
Coached
Per
Improve
Seventh
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As an athlete, you can train for so many years to be a 5K/10K runner. That's who you are, and it's hard to change that. Not using that technique - almost like a sprint - that's when you have to loosen up and just save as much energy as you can.
Mo Farah /
Athlete
Energy
Sprint
Technique
Train
Loosen
Runner
Save
So Many Years
Using
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I work every day hard. I put my body through hell. Let me tell you, every year, seven months of the year, I don't see my family. Year in, year out. I miss my kids. Kid's birthdays, anniversaries. I'll never be able to go back and be with my family.
Mo Farah /
Anniversary
Able
Body
Hell
Months
Seven
Family Work Me
Miss
Birthdays
Year
Every Day
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There's a time in everyone's career where you go, 'Ah, this is hard - how long am I going to have to do this?' But the rewards are so great. Who gets to go on the podium and hear the national anthem? The whole nation singing! Money can't buy you that.
Mo Farah /
Anthem
National Anthem
Rewards
Singing
Time Money Great
Ah
Buy
National
Podium
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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 school, then I wouldn't have achieved what I have. You have to look where you came from, and we do need to get more parents involved, more running clubs and more schools. They can make a difference.
Mo Farah /
Running
Clubs
Involved
Achieved
Teachers
Make A Difference
Schools
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