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" 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. "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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

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" I let my times speak for myself. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" Sometimes things are a blessing in disguise. "

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

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" 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. "

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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 looking forward to my next race. What comes, comes. "

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Looking Forward

" I just line up, and I compete. "

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

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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" The 200 m. is the event I want to get better at. "

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

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" It means a lot to defend my title. "

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

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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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" 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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" 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?' "

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

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" 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.' "

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" 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. "

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

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