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" When they announce who I am and what I've achieved, I still pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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

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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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" 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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" 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.' "

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" It's hard to judge how you are feeling physically. "

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

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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 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. "

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

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" I like colours. I like to be bright and bold. "

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" No matter where you come from, we all share the same struggles as human beings, and my beginning is no different. "

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" Sometimes things are a blessing in disguise. "

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

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

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

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" I love chocolate! "

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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. "

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

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" I am surrounded by great people. "

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" It's not about where you're from: it's about how to deliver. "

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

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