“I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.”

“My family and friends treat me as they always have.”

“On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for it, you know what I mean? I'm constantly in conflict with things. And it is because of my past and my upbringing and the journey that I've been on.”

“A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.”

“I don't think anyone has a normal family.”

“I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.”

“Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.”

“But you know, we have a very normal family. We've had our ups and downs. You know, we've had our issues, but we've had great cause for celebration.”

“I tend to show everything I do to my family, to check they won't be offended.”