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" I never - in my dreams, doing track in high school, I didn't imagine it would turn out like this. "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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 enjoy running in Doha. The stadium is close and intimate, which makes you feel connected with the fans. "

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

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" 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. "

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" There are still many things to work on - the start, the transition, the finish. I am not just going to sit around and wait. "

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" There will always be a lot of pressure to cope with. "

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

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" As aspiring athletes, you should never give up on your dreams. Just believe in yourself, and everything will be possible. "

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" Everybody talks about Bolt. Now they can talk about the ladies who are running some really wonderful times. "

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" I just line up, and I compete. "

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" 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. "

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

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

" 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. "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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

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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. "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

" 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. "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

" 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. "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

" 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?' "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

" 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. "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

" 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 don't know much about the history of track and field, but I know Gail Devers. "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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

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" It's never the plan to be tentative. "

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