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… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
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… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
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… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
I definitely believe our coaches are now leading more and learning more. They are hungry in terms of getting the athletes to improve. I… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
Some things as an athlete are very important for us. Representing our country for us is important. — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
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… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
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… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
I don't dwell on things. When I won the World Championships in Moscow, I came back - that was it. — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
It is so important that our federation stands by our athletes. — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was the first woman to have won three world titles, but hey, that's awesome! — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
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… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
