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 More Quotes by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce More Quotes From Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce I am looking forward to my next race. What comes, comes. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce i-am looking looking-forward race I always have a new haircut. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce haircut new always 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 game me pain tears 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 lie nobody you people As aspiring athletes, you should never give up on your dreams. Just believe in yourself, and everything will be possible. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce never-give-up yourself dreams you 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 me hard-work education work 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 make i-am who myself The 200 m. is not my best event, and it's something I am learning. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce i-am something best learning 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 alone walk me men It's never the plan to be tentative. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce plan never 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 hungry i-believe learning believe I just trust in God, work hard, and focus on executing. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce trust focus god work 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 end-of-the-day road day success I don't pay any attention to records. I don't want pressure. I just want to get to that line. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce just pressure want attention Sometimes things are a blessing in disguise. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce things disguise blessing sometimes I am one of those athletes who is very hard on myself. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce i-am who myself hard 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 day win sports school 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 me brother mother education My ambition is to sit behind a desk and work. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sit behind ambition work We need our children in Jamaica - especially those suffering with dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy - to get more attention. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce need suffering attention children
