“Men of success meet with tragedy. It was the will of God that I won the Olympics, and it was the will of God that I met with my accident.”

I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.

I accepted those victories as I accept this tragedy. I have to accept both circumstances as facts of life and live happily.

Each of us bears the imprint of a friend met along the way; In each the trace of each.

You never know if you have met your best friend in life yet. That still may be to come.

People always think women meet us in the hotel lobby, but it’s the opposite.

Zack Snyder is a huge fan of ‘Game of Thrones,’ and I met him in the training stunt facility that I train at, and I guess he really liked me because he later called me into his office, and we talked about playing Aquaman.

The Bulls talked to just about every person who ever met me.

Every woman I had ever met who walked through the world appraised and classified by an extraordinary physicality had also received the keys to an unbearable solitude. It was the coefficient of their beauty, the price they had to pay.

I had never met anyone of my own age that was a Tory, so going to university and seeing people who were Tories and who believed in what I believed in was an eye-opener.

To be around me, you must love food, or I’m the most obnoxious person you’ve ever met.