Quotes from Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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 can happen in that last section.

There are still many things to work on - the start, the transition, the finish. I am not just going to sit around and wait.

I live my life very clean and transparent - so I have nothing to hide.

My ambition is to sit behind a desk and work.

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.

Being in Jamaica, I feel comfortable there.

We are doing very well for our country internationally, but when we are in Jamaica, our athletes are not being looked after. We are selling our country and marketing our country to the world and not being paid for it.

I want to tell Jamaica, Happy 50th Anniversary.

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.

As aspiring athletes, you should never give up on your dreams. Just believe in yourself, and everything will be possible.

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.

Some things as an athlete are very important for us. Representing our country for us is important.

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.

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.'

I never - in my dreams, doing track in high school, I didn't imagine it would turn out like this.

I was just really excited to win the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m in Moscow and then, to top that off, to win the Diamond Race in the 100m and 200m.

I don't dwell on things. When I won the World Championships in Moscow, I came back - that was it.

If you represent our country, it should represent us. It's supposed to be a two-way thing, but we live and we learn, and it's getting better.

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.

Just do your schoolwork, focus on a sport if you're good at it, do what I did.

Usain is Usain, and he always has the spotlight because of what he has accomplished, so we can never take that away from him.

Women's sprinting is something the sport should appreciate more.

I'm glad women's sprinting is taking the course it is.

I enjoy running in Doha. The stadium is close and intimate, which makes you feel connected with the fans.