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Portrait of Sally Pearson

Sally Pearson

(1986) Athletics Competitor Australia

17 quotes in 113 categories

Sally Pearson is an athletics competitor from Australia, best known for Sally Pearson - Believe.

Quick Facts About Sally Pearson

Born: September 19, 1986
Nationality: Australia
Profession: Athletics Competitor
Notable works: Sally Pearson - Believe

About Sally Pearson

Sally Pearson, OAM is a retired Australian athlete who competed in the 100 metre hurdles. She is the 2011 and 2017 World champion and 2012 Olympic champion in the 100 metres hurdles. She also won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2013 World Championships.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

World Athlete of the Year Medal of the Order of Australia

Quotes by Sally Pearson

If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.

Fall

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Coming over to Europe you can always put on weight really easily because you are not doing your normal routine at home.…

Bread

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Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

Athletics

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I imagine these two girls next to me every time single time I'm going over those hurdles in training.

Creative

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Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes…

Athlete

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My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that…

Done

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It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school…

Girl

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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

Easy

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I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to…

Animal

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I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it…

Being honest

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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

Done

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But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather…

Away from you

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Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration…

Athletics

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My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day…

Distraction

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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.

Want

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I'm really hard on myself as well, nothing is good enough for me in training. I always want more, I always want…

Competition

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When it becomes hard for me not to eat bad food, I try to think about what I have to do and…

Achieve

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