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

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.

What do you want to be? If you don't put the work in, you're not going to be able to be it.

I'm especially drawn to the sand dunes. I love driving around and exploring them by dune buggy.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

I used to get called 'Ferrari' when I was a kid because I was always running everywhere.

I remember, in 1999, the first time I met Steve Cram, I didn't know who he was. It was only later, on YouTube, I started watching Seb Coe, Ovett. So it's nice to be recognised as one of the best guys in the world.

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.

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.

I wished for just one medal as a junior.

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.

To be labelled a cheat - it's not fair. If I'm a cheat, then prove I'm a cheat or just leave me alone and let me do what I do best.

I wasn't a fighting kid or a causing-trouble kid. I was just one of those cheeky, crazy kids running around.

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

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.

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.

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.