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.
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.
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.
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.
I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.
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.
In training camp, you know what each person is doing.
President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien.
There's got to be the same rules for everyone.
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.
I go through a lot of painful things. There are sessions when I will be on my back afterwards, crawling.
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.
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.
If I didn't have the family and everything, I wouldn't be where I am.
If I am lining up for a race, and I know there is someone there who cheats, it upsets me.
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.
Come join us; see the reality of what I have to do to achieve what I achieve. There are no cutting corners.
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.
Every race is different. If you come down the home straight neck and neck, the crowd cheering for you can decide the race.
I'm the champion, and to stay ahead, I have to work harder.
