A biography for Mo Farahhasn’t been written yet.
“I want to thank the public, so I have to keep doing what I do, which is keep winning medals for my country.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Bolt put the Mobot on the map, to be honest with you! He's just an amazing guy.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'd heard a lot about Dubai before I first visited and couldn't wait to go.”
“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.”
“I try to be honest in what I do and in everything I do. I try to be honest with my family.”
“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.”
“When I run for my country, I'm very proud to run for my country.”
“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.”
“Every race is different. If you come down the home straight neck and neck, the crowd cheering for you can decide the race.”
“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.”
“My goals are to run the London Marathon and do the best that I can.”
“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.”
“In training camp, you know what each person is doing.”
“I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.”
“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.”