Mo Farah
British track and field athlete
A mechanic when I was a little kid, and then, when I came to the UK, I wanted to play professional football.
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A surgeon. I studied pre-med in Holy Cross College for four years and then I went to acting school.
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I just wanted to fulfil my potential.
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A saxophonist, but destiny chose another path for me, and I’m glad it happened that way.
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It feels like all is possible.
Trying to sell frozen food over the phone for a company called American Frozen Foods. It lasted about half an hour. I found myself telling people not to buy too much of it because it could go bad, and my supervisor said, “This job is probably not for you.”
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