Top 94 Quotes & Sayings by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Jamaican athlete Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
If anyone wants to ask a question or to suggest something, I'm always open.
My mum wouldn't let me go outside. Coming back from school, the gang men sometimes would say things, but I would walk by, never answer, and my mum would go tell them leave me alone.
Because I knew how hard I worked, I knew the pain, I knew the sacrifice, I knew the tears, I knew everything. Despite everything, I stuck to it. I toughed it out, and I kept my head in the game, even when the odds were against me.
I never - in my dreams, doing track in high school, I didn't imagine it would turn out like this.
When you have good runners, you always run fast. That's the motivation for me. But I have room to improve in my technique and in the start.
The road to success has to have obstacles because, at the end of the day, when success comes, it will be that much better.
I'm getting tired of 10.7s. I just want to put a good race together, and hopefully in the next race, I get the time I'm working for. I definitely think a 10.6 is there. Hopefully I will get it together.
For me, I've not really focused on a world record. I'm just trying to put a complete race together, and when I do that, then fast times will come.
My coach and I will have these arguments where I am in pain or something is wrong, and I won't tell him because I feel like I need to train. We have a blow-up of arguments, and he says, 'Shelly, you need to tell me when these things are happening.'
I am one of those athletes who is very hard on myself.
Being in Jamaica, I feel comfortable there.
Hard work is something that comes without saying for us to achieve the things we want.
I enjoy running in Doha. The stadium is close and intimate, which makes you feel connected with the fans.
I wanted green in my hair, so I did green. And I got my sunflowers to match. I've never done it before. Just said, 'OK, I'm doing my hair green.'
Just do your schoolwork, focus on a sport if you're good at it, do what I did.
I remember running at school sports day, and I would win everything, but I wasn't a super athlete or a superstar at high school.
The 200 m. is the event I want to get better at.
I don't know much about the history of track and field, but I know Gail Devers.
Usain is Usain, and he always has the spotlight because of what he has accomplished, so we can never take that away from him.
I'm getting to be an expert in finding hairdressers in foreign cities.
I'm a professional athlete - one who's supposed to set examples - so whatever it is I put in my body, it's up to me to take responsibility for it, and I have done that.
I'm glad women's sprinting is taking the course it is.
My confidence is not in man, it's in God, and so I look forward to the semi-finals with that in mind, absent of fear.
Education is paramount in light of so many things that are out there.
I grew up in poverty and my mother had to sacrifice a lot for us to eat and get an education - just imagine in a house where we were more than six children! But hard work and dedication is what it took for me to be here today.
My message always is: No matter where you are from, no matter what past you have, it is all about your future and your goals.
I live my life very clean and transparent - so I have nothing to hide.
It's hard to judge how you are feeling physically.
I didn't know I was the first woman to have won three world titles, but hey, that's awesome!
I didn't execute to a tee. But my coach always told me if I went out there and did my own thing, it's OK as long as I win.
I think I get going because I try not to put added pressure on myself because a lot of times, you can be very good at what you do, but when you get ready, you have to be prepared to get it going.
I was just a normal athlete. My mother tried to spark something in me. She was an athlete in high school before she got pregnant with my older brother. She was 16, and that was it for her when it came to track and her education.
There will always be a lot of pressure to cope with.
A master's is a lot more work than my first degree, but I'm an athlete who knows what she wants. I made up my mind, and I'm determined that this is what I'm going to do.
My ambition is to sit behind a desk and work.
We are doing very well for our country internationally, but when we are in Jamaica, our athletes are not being looked after. We are selling our country and marketing our country to the world and not being paid for it.
I don't think I could survive in cold places.
What has happened is just cases of athletes neglecting to correctly check the supplement they've had. It's not like they are deliberately or intentionally cheating.
I let my times speak for myself.
No matter where you come from, we all share the same struggles as human beings, and my beginning is no different.
It is so important that our federation stands by our athletes.
Women's sprinting is something the sport should appreciate more.
As athletes, our job is to train and compete.
I like colours. I like to be bright and bold.
As aspiring athletes, you should never give up on your dreams. Just believe in yourself, and everything will be possible.
No matter what comes, I will always work hard and do my best.
When they announce who I am and what I've achieved, I still pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.
There are still many things to work on - the start, the transition, the finish. I am not just going to sit around and wait.
It's not about where you're from: it's about how to deliver.
It's Jamaican women and children who are my inspiration.
It means a lot to defend my title.
Everybody talks about Bolt. Now they can talk about the ladies who are running some really wonderful times.
I just trust in God, work hard, and focus on executing.
We need our children in Jamaica - especially those suffering with dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy - to get more attention.
As athletes, we sit and think, when international media or whoever make judgments or statements about Jamaica, 'Why aren't members of our federation coming out and speaking up for us?'
I always have a new haircut.
I definitely believe our coaches are now leading more and learning more. They are hungry in terms of getting the athletes to improve. I believe it's now more mental than anything else, and I'd like to assist in that area.
We are the ones out there competing, and yet we read articles and listen to people making accusations about Jamaica, and there's nobody there to take a microphone, be a big person and say, 'What you're saying is wrong, and it's a lie.'
I am looking forward to my next race. What comes, comes.
Sometimes, we didn't have enough to eat. I'd go to school with no lunch money, and my school would have to provide it.
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