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.

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.

President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien.

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.

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?

I've shown that if you dream and are willing to work hard, you can achieve your dreams.

There's got to be the same rules for everyone.

I enjoy my athletics, and I want to take it as far as I can.

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.

Obviously, I believe in clean sport and want to do all that I can, but at the same time, you can only control yourself.

I go through a lot of painful things. There are sessions when I will be on my back afterwards, crawling.

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.

Because of who I am, people ask for photos. I can't just say no to everyone.

I've become someone else, really, like a role model.

My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me.

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.

I'm the champion, and to stay ahead, I have to work harder.

Bolt put the Mobot on the map, to be honest with you! He's just an amazing guy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It's important you think positively not negatively. Think about your loved ones and all the people who are behind you.