Words matter. These are the best Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Just do your schoolwork, focus on a sport if you’re good at it, do what I did.
I don’t think I could survive in cold places.
I just trust in God, work hard, and focus on executing.
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.
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.’
Hard work is something that comes without saying for us to achieve the things we want.
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.
No matter what comes, I will always work hard and do my best.
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.
We need our children in Jamaica – especially those suffering with dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy – to get more attention.
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.
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.
I enjoy running in Doha. The stadium is close and intimate, which makes you feel connected with the fans.
I want to tell Jamaica, Happy 50th Anniversary.
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.
There are still many things to work on – the start, the transition, the finish. I am not just going to sit around and wait.
Being in Jamaica, I feel comfortable there.
I let my times speak for myself.
I always have a new haircut.
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.
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.
The 200 m. is the event I want to get better at.
Education is paramount in light of so many things that are out there.
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.
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.
It means a lot to defend my title.
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.
It’s Jamaican women and children who are my inspiration.
It’s hard to judge how you are feeling physically.
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.
