“I wasn’t focused when I was 16. I was just chilling out, going to school, seeing my friends. I wasn’t taking running seriously. It’s hard as a teenager, there are a lot of distractions. I’m not complaining but now I think if I’d listened to my coach more then maybe I could have been more successful.…”— Mo Farah, bigissue.comTagged: Focus
“I had white friends, black friends. I was easy going. The occasional comment, I just chose not to hear it.”— Mo Farah, bigissue.comTagged: Diversity, racism