"The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it."

"I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first."

"This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts."

"Age for me is just a number."

"I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe."

"Wisdom principle 61 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 49."

"After us the deluge. ( Après nous le déluge. )"

"How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete."