I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I'm somewhere and there's a marathon, I'll sign up and just go run it.
I've never thrown a javelin. What kind of sport is that? It's hilarious.
Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.
Track and field has always interested me.
Good health, peace of mind, being outdoors, camaraderie - those are all wonderful things that come to you when running. But for me, the real pull of running - the proverbial icing on the cake - has always been racing.
The 200 meters is my baby. To me, it's the perfect distance. It's still a true sprint, but it unravels more. You get to enjoy the race a little bit more than the 100.
The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface.
If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York.
I might have to do the London Marathon. I like crowds, so that is why I like the big marathons.
Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right length: beginning, middle, end, a story unfolding.
I think I always prefer the long jump, high jump, and javelin. I don't like the 400 metres and the pole vault except when I'm really in shape.
I love running in Europe, man, running at places like Zurich and Crystal Palace where the crowd is so knowledgeable and appreciative.
I had a great season and truly enjoyed competing around the world - from Monaco, where I managed to establish a world record, to Beijing, where I finally captured my first world outdoor title.
I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport.
I used to take part in a lot of marathons.
Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
I used to run 800 metres for the school.
Women's sprinting is something the sport should appreciate more.
I didn't even know what it was when I started. But I was lucky. I found it at 16. Most people don't discover decathlon until they're 21 or 22.
I've always been athletic - did the 100 metres and 1500 m at school, cross-country races - and did well in them.
I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.
I've no desire to do one of those 50-mile races like the Comrades or anything like that.
I did marathons long before they were popular, when people running round the streets were looked at oddly.
Runners...you're competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we recover.
I have several close friends who have run marathons, a word that is actually derived from two Swahili words: mara, which means 'to die a horrible death', and thon, which means 'for a stupid T-shirt.' Look it up.
