Top 94 Quotes & Sayings by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - Page 2

Some things as an athlete are very important for us. Representing our country for us is important.

Thinking about what Jamaicans want is a bit pressuring. So I try not to think about what Jamaicans want until I get the job done.

There is always the excitement of running races.

I like it when I'm chirpy and happy, so I decided to do my hair green. I got my sunflowers too - I was like a living, walking garden.

My second 30 is actually very good, where my turnovers are very quick. I just want to put a complete race together, once I get out of my drive phase, I want to hit my next 30 very hard.

I'm trying not to overwork the muscles because I'm thinking about accomplishing this great feat.

I just line up, and I compete.

It all comes down to who wants it most.

I had a really bad running posture: like, I ran, literally, dropping on my face.

I'm ready to run; it's my job.

If you represent our country, it should represent us. It's supposed to be a two-way thing, but we live and we learn, and it's getting better.

When I came here at UTech, everybody was saying I was too short, and I shouldn't think about running fast; it's going to take me a while to run fast.

I just want to execute a good 200 m. and see what is the best I can do.

It's never the plan to be tentative.

We are making strides in educating our athletes.

Getting three gold medals is something I'll really cherish.

For training, you know what works and what doesn't work. And you know where you fall short and you need to pick up, so I'm not worried about the age factor.

I don't pay any attention to records. I don't want pressure. I just want to get to that line.

I love chocolate!

The 200 m. is not my best event, and it's something I am learning.

The plan is to always start properly and execute a good race.

It takes a lot of hard work to stay committed and focus on what I wanted to achieve.

I've said many times that I'm not one of those people who check statistics, follows history, and says, 'If I do this, what will happen.'

I have been tested a lot by Jadco and different parties wherever I go, so there is nothing to hide.

I want to do new things, and I want to do more 200s than 100s.

For me, I try not to think about it too much, because you find that if you think about it too much, then you start to panic at every little thing that goes on in training.

When I came here in 2008, nobody knew who I was. I didn't know who I was. I was just enjoying the moment and I won. So, now, coming back being the person I am with all the accomplishments, it kind of puts things in perspective.

A lot of people do run well at 60m but can't transfer it to the 100m because there's still 40m to go, and anything can happen in that last section.

I guess I've been to the hairdressers in more than 10 different countries.

Sometimes things are a blessing in disguise.

The only thing I advocate for is for equality for female athletes because we train just as hard, and we're always having a lot of head-to-head clashes, always competing against each other.

I don't dwell on things. When I won the World Championships in Moscow, I came back - that was it.

I want to tell Jamaica, Happy 50th Anniversary.

I was just really excited to win the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m in Moscow and then, to top that off, to win the Diamond Race in the 100m and 200m.