Quotes by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - Page 2

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 /
Lunch
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As aspiring athletes, you should never give up on your dreams. Just believe in yourself, and everything will be possible.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Believe In Yourself
Should
Your Dreams
Dreams Believe In Yourself Believe
Aspiring
Athletes
Possible
Give
Never Give Up
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I didn't execute to a tee. But my coach always told me if I went out there and did my own thing, it's OK as long as I win.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Me Long Win
Coach
Always Long Me
Execute
Tee
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Obstacles
End Of The Day
Road
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We need our children in Jamaica - especially those suffering with dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy - to get more attention.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Autism
Cerebral
Dyslexia
Jamaica
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Finish
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Accomplished
Spotlight
Always Never Because
Never Take
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My message always is: No matter where you are from, no matter what past you have, it is all about your future and your goals.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Future
Matter
Message
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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 /
Sports
Athlete
High School
Superstar
Super
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Garden
Green
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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.'
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Statistics
History People Will
Check
Follows
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Runners
Technique
Good Me Start
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Getting Better
Two-Way
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Diamond
Moscow
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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.'
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Green
Match
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Together World Me
World Record
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Section
Transfer
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Worried
Factor
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Cases
Cheating
Athletes
Correctly
Deliberately
Intentionally
Neglecting
Supplement
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Athlete
Professional Athlete
Responsibility
Done Responsibility Me
Examples
Supposed
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A master's is a lot more work than my first degree, but I'm an athlete who knows what she wants. I made up my mind, and I'm determined that this is what I'm going to do.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Athlete
Determined
Degree
Master
Wants
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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 /
Panic
Little Thing
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Gang
Leave Me Alone
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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?'
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Federation
Jamaica
Statements
Athletes
Judgments
Whoever
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Phase
Quick
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Equality
Competing
Female
Advocate
Athletes
The Only Thing
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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 /
Be Prepared
Prepared
Added
Good Myself Pressure
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Next
Race
Tired
Time Good Together
Definitely
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Jamaica
Marketing
Paid
Selling
Athletes
Internationally
Looked
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I definitely believe our coaches are now leading more and learning more. They are hungry in terms of getting the athletes to improve. I believe it's now more mental than anything else, and I'd like to assist in that area.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Coaches
Hungry
Learning Believe I Believe
Anything Else
Area
Assist
Athletes
Leading
Mental
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Education
Grew
Hard Work
House
Imagine
Mother
Poverty
Sacrifice
Six
Today
Work Today Hard Work
Education Work Hard Work
Took
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Perspective
Accomplishments
Enjoying
Puts
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Athlete
Brother
High School
Normal
Older Brother
Pregnant
Track
Education Me School
Education Mother Me
Older
Spark
Tried
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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.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Despite
Hard
Odds
Pain
Sacrifice
Stuck
Tears
Because
Against
Game
How
Even
Head
Worked
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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.'
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Accusation
Articles
Competing
Jamaica
Microphone
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My coach and I will have these arguments where I am in pain or something is wrong, and I won't tell him because I feel like I need to train. We have a blow-up of arguments, and he says, 'Shelly, you need to tell me when these things are happening.'
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce /
Coach
Pain Me I Am
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