Top 98 Mo Farah Quotes

Mo Farah is a very famous British long-distance runner and one of the most successful British track athletes in modern Olympic Games history. He is born on 23 March 1983. A hard-working athlete, Mo Farah has had a fantastic career in the sports industry and with much applause and recognition.

Furthermore, he is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 5000 m and 10,000 m. He also competed in the distance double at the World Athletics Championships in 2013 and 2015. He has a slew of awards and accomplishments from his football career. Now, let us look at his top 98 quotes that will motivate you to win.

“There’s so much to see and do in Dubai.”

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“I enjoy what I do.” “I want to keep winning medals.” Farah Mo Farah

“It has been a long journey, but if you dream, have ambition, and are willing to work hard, you can achieve.”

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“I work extremely hard for what I do.” To be able to achieve what I have, it has taken me half of my life. And for people to think I’ve taken a shortcut is both wrong and unfair.” Farah Mo Farah

“I’ve demonstrated that you can achieve your dreams if you dream and are willing to work hard.”

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“I’m the champion, and I have to work harder to stay ahead.”

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“It’s not fair to be labeled a cheat. If I’m a cheat, prove it, or leave me alone and let me do what I do best.” Farah Mo Farah

“Dubai is a safe place, and I never had cause to be concerned.”

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“Winning a medal is so worth all of your hard work.”

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“You must have faith in God.”

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“It doesn’t happen overnight; you have to work at it and believe in yourself; that’s the most important thing.”

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“I put in long hours every day. I put my body through the ringer. Let me tell you, I don’t see my family seven months out of the year. Year after year. I miss my children. Birthdays and anniversaries for children I’ll never be able to return to my family.” Farah Mo Farah

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“I’m 33 years old; I’m aging. Every year is unique, and as an athlete, you must be truthful with yourself.” Farah Mo Farah

“I was never a brawler or a troublemaker.” I was just one of those cheeky, crazy kids running around.” Farah Mo Farah

“Every race is different. If you come down the home straight neck and neck, the crowd cheering for you can decide the race.” Farah Mo Farah

“What do you want to be? If you don’t put the work in, you’re not going to be able to be it.” Farah Mo Farah

“I’d heard a lot about Dubai before I first visited and couldn’t wait to go.”

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“My goals are to run the London Marathon and do the best that I can.”

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“President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien.”

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“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.”

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“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.” Farah Mo Farah

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“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“I think the way I am, the way I’m chilled out, has a lot to do with being Muslim and having faith.”

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“What drives me is winning medals and going out there and enjoying it.”

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“I’ve never been in the top three of Sports Personality. And I won’t be in the top three again. You have just got to accept what it is.” Farah Mo Farah

“This picture has been painted of me. It’s not right. I am 100 percent clean.” Farah Mo Farah

“Growing up, I would never have thought that I’d be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids.”

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“On the track, you know what you’re capable of, but being at the birth, you have no control.”

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“It triggers something in you as a human being because you forget what your parents did for you. But when you become a parent, you’re like, ‘Whoa! It’s hard work.’ No wonder your parents always tell you off! They’ve done a lot for you.” Farah Mo Farah

“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.”

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“I’m probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.”

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“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don’t ask questions.” Farah Mo Farah

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“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“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.’”

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“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“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?” Farah Mo Farah

“I’ve got four kids, so I plan ahead. I have to book flights far in advance, look at accommodation, where it is, what you can and can’t do. Same in running.” Farah Mo Farah

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“I’ve got such a sweet tooth. I do miss the U.K. where you get sticky toffee pudding or custard, all that.” Farah Mo Farah

“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“It’s important you think positively not negatively. Think about your loved ones and all the people who are behind you.” Farah Mo Farah

“It’s great to be British, really. If anything happens, I’m back to my country. At least I have a country.” Farah Mo Farah

“To be knighted, that would be amazing. I remember Alex Ferguson from Man Utd got it and Steve Redgrave – to be in the same category as them is amazing.” Farah Mo Farah

“I want to thank the public, so I have to keep doing what I do, which is keep winning medals for my country.”

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“I always learn something from every race.”

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“I said to myself, ‘I don’t want to be coming sixth or seventh, and being the best in Britain. I want to be the best in the world and race against these Kenyan guys.’” Farah Mo Farah

“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“I am just grateful I have a British passport and a country here.”

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“In life, if people need help, then we should try and help them out.”

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“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.”

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“I don’t know much about politics, but you have to look at it with the bigger picture and think what’s best for us now, what’s best for us in 10 years’ time, what’s best for our kids’ kids’ future – and I don’t know.”

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“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“I used to get called ‘Ferrari’ when I was a kid because I was always running everywhere.”

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“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“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.” Farah Mo Farah

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

“This is where I started life. This is where I went to uni. This is where the people I know are. This is my country, and when I put on my Great Britain vest, I’m proud, very proud, that it’s my country.” Farah Mo Farah

“If I am lining up for a race, and I know there is someone there who cheats, it upsets me.”

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“There’s got to be the same rules for everyone.”

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“I believe no matter who you are, respect yourself, respect others.”

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“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.”

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“I work every day, and every year I spend seven months away from my family. I miss my kids’ birthdays, and those are times I will never be able to go back on and share with them. That kills me.” Farah Mo Farah

“I put my body through hell. I run 120 miles a week, week in, week out.” Farah Mo Farah

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“It’s hard, and I don’t always get to see my kids. I will never catch up on that time I’ve missed.” Farah Mo Farah

“I wished for just one medal as a junior.”

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“Whenever I race in the U.K., the crowd just makes such a massive difference, often between winning and losing.”

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“Everybody in middle-distance running knows each other, and we all know what we are capable of.”

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“If I look back down the years, how I was treated as a kid, if it wasn’t for the teachers at my school, then I wouldn’t have achieved what I have. You have to look where you came from, and we do need to get more parents involved, more running clubs and more schools. They can make a difference.” Farah Mo Farah

“Everything happens for a reason, so you shouldn’t get wound up.”

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“Look at my success. I didn’t achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years’ struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement.” Farah Mo Farah

“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.”

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

“It would be great to run around with the family every day, go shopping, take the children out. At my level, though, I can only afford to do that for one week maximum. Otherwise I have to eat, sleep, train – nothing else.” Farah Mo Farah

“Because of who I am, people ask for photos. I can’t just say no to everyone.” Farah Mo Farah

“Let me do what I do best. And that’s to run and represent my country and make my country proud.” Farah Mo Farah

“I grew up with a lot of friends who are white, black, Muslim, non-Muslim. I like people a lot.” Farah Mo Farah

“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“I’m away about six months of the year, competing here in the U.K. or in training camps in Arizona, Ethiopia, the Pyrenees.”

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“In training camp, you know what each person is doing.”

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“It gets to you as a father when your kids don’t react to you in the way you imagine.”

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“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.”

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“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.” Farah Mo Farah

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“If I didn’t have the family and everything, I wouldn’t be where I am.”

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“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“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.” Farah Mo Farah

“I’d love to work with children. I’ve set up the charity, and that’s going well. We’ve got a lot of projects we’re doing in Somalia, so I’d like to see how we’re doing there.” Farah Mo Farah

“Bolt put the Mobot on the map, to be honest with you! He’s just an amazing guy.” Farah Mo Farah

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