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

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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" 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. "

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" I am one of those athletes who is very hard on myself. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Women's sprinting is something the sport should appreciate more. "

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" Just do your schoolwork, focus on a sport if you're good at it, do what I did. "

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

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" 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. "

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" I am surrounded by great people. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" Hard work is something that comes without saying for us to achieve the things we want. "

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" It is so important that our federation stands by our athletes. "

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" 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. "

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" I just line up, and I compete. "

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" Usain is Usain, and he always has the spotlight because of what he has accomplished, so we can never take that away from him. "

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" 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.' "

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" It's Jamaican women and children who are my inspiration. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" No matter what comes, I will always work hard and do my best. "

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" The road to success has to have obstacles because, at the end of the day, when success comes, it will be that much better. "

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" I didn't know I was the first woman to have won three world titles, but hey, that's awesome! "

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" We need our children in Jamaica - especially those suffering with dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy - to get more attention. "

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" 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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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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