Sally Pearson Quotes

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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 do something with…
• I imagine these two girls next to me every time single time I'm going over those hurdles in training.
• I'm really hard on myself as well, nothing is good enough for me in training. I always want more, I always want to give 100%.…
• If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.
• When it becomes hard for me not to eat bad food, I try to think about what I have to do and what is ahead…
• Coming over to Europe you can always put on weight really easily because you are not doing your normal routine at home. It is just…
• Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.
• I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
• 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 have medals at…
• It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are…
• My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't…
• Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
• Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
• Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be…
• I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but…
• My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes…
• Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win…

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