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There is so much to discover in Dubai.
I wished for just one medal as a junior.
I love what I do. I want to continue winning medals.
I've become someone else, really, like a role model.
In training camp, you know what each person is doing.
President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien.
All that work you put in, it's so worth it to win a medal.
I enjoy my athletics, and I want to take it as far as I can.
Everything happens for a reason, so you shouldn't get wound up.
I am just grateful I have a British passport and a country here.
I believe no matter who you are, respect yourself, respect others.
My goals are to run the London Marathon and do the best that I can.
This picture has been painted of me. It's not right. I am 100% clean.
What drives me is winning medals and going out there and enjoying it.
I put my body through hell. I run 120 miles a week, week in, week out.
Dubai is a safe place, and I never came across anything to worry about.
I'd heard a lot about Dubai before I first visited and couldn't wait to go.
Bolt put the Mobot on the map, to be honest with you! He's just an amazing guy.
It gets to you as a father when your kids don't react to you in the way you imagine.
I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.
I've shown that if you dream and are willing to work hard, you can achieve your dreams.
I used to get called 'Ferrari' when I was a kid because I was always running everywhere.
If I am lining up for a race, and I know there is someone there who cheats, it upsets me.
I try to be honest in what I do and in everything I do. I try to be honest with my family.
On the track, you know what you're capable of, but being at the birth, you have no control.
Everybody in middle-distance running knows each other, and we all know what we are capable of.
I grew up with a lot of friends who are white, black, Muslim, non-Muslim. I like people a lot.
Let me do what I do best. And that's to run and represent my country and make my country proud.
The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions.
I'm especially drawn to the sand dunes. I love driving around and exploring them by dune buggy.
It's hard, and I don't always get to see my kids. I will never catch up on that time I've missed.
I think the way I am, the way I'm chilled out, has a lot to do with being Muslim and having faith.
I go through a lot of painful things. There are sessions when I will be on my back afterwards, crawling.
I've got such a sweet tooth. I do miss the U.K. where you get sticky toffee pudding or custard, all that.
Come join us; see the reality of what I have to do to achieve what I achieve. There are no cutting corners.
I want to thank the public, so I have to keep doing what I do, which is keep winning medals for my country.
I wasn't a fighting kid or a causing-trouble kid. I was just one of those cheeky, crazy kids running around.
Whenever I race in the U.K., the crowd just makes such a massive difference, often between winning and losing.
It has been a long journey, but if you dream and have the ambition and want to work hard, then you can achieve.
The only medication that I am on, I am on asthma, and I have had that since I was a child. That's just a normal use.
Growing up, I would never have thought that I'd be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids.
I'm 33 years old; I'm getting old. Every year is different, and as an athlete, you've got to be honest with yourself.
It's important you think positively not negatively. Think about your loved ones and all the people who are behind you.
It's doesn't just come overnight, you've got to train for it and believe in yourself; that's the most important thing.
I'm away about six months of the year, competing here in the U.K. or in training camps in Arizona, Ethiopia, the Pyrenees.
Every race is different. If you come down the home straight neck and neck, the crowd cheering for you can decide the race.
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.
My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me.
I was running sub-13 minutes for 5,000 when I was still coached by Alan Storey, and I won double gold at the Europeans in 2010.
I'd promised my older daughter Rhianna I was going to get a medal for her, and in my mind I was thinking, 'I can't let her down.'