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I remember running at school sports day, and I would win everything, but I wasn't a super athlete or a superstar at high school.

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.

My ambition is to sit behind a desk and work.

We need our children in Jamaica - especially those suffering with dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy - to get more attention.

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.

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.

When they announce who I am and what I've achieved, I still pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

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

I just trust in God, work hard, and focus on executing.

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.

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.

No matter what comes, I will always work hard and do my best.

The road to success has to have obstacles because, at the end of the day, when success comes, it will be that much better.

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.

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

If anyone wants to ask a question or to suggest something, I'm always open.

I don't think I could survive in cold places.

Being in Jamaica, I feel comfortable there.

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 where you come from, we all share the same struggles as human beings, and my beginning is no different.

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.

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

Everybody talks about Bolt. Now they can talk about the ladies who are running some really wonderful times.

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

The 200 m. is the event I want to get better at.

There will always be a lot of pressure to cope with.

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 don't know much about the history of track and field, but I know Gail Devers.

I am one of those athletes who is very hard on myself.

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.'

It's hard to judge how you are feeling physically.

It's Jamaican women and children who are my inspiration.

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.

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.

I like colours. I like to be bright and bold.

I let my times speak for myself.

It's not about where you're from: it's about how to deliver.

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.

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 out and speaking up for us?'

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 wanted green in my hair, so I did green. And I got my sunflowers to match. I've never done it before. Just said, 'OK, I'm doing my hair green.'

It is so important that our federation stands by our athletes.

As athletes, our job is to train and compete.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Getting three gold medals is something I'll really cherish.

It takes a lot of hard work to stay committed and focus on what I wanted to achieve.

I'm ready to run; it's my job.

I don't pay any attention to records. I don't want pressure. I just want to get to that line.

Hard work is something that comes without saying for us to achieve the things we want.

I always have a new haircut.

I'm getting to be an expert in finding hairdressers in foreign cities.

I guess I've been to the hairdressers in more than 10 different countries.

I love chocolate!

The 200 m. is not my best event, and it's something I am learning.

I just want to execute a good 200 m. and see what is the best I can do.

I want to tell Jamaica, Happy 50th Anniversary.

I like it when I'm chirpy and happy, so I decided to do my hair green. I got my sunflowers too - I was like a living, walking garden.

I didn't know I was the first woman to have won three world titles, but hey, that's awesome!

Sometimes things are a blessing in disguise.

When I came here in 2008, nobody knew who I was. I didn't know who I was. I was just enjoying the moment and I won. So, now, coming back being the person I am with all the accomplishments, it kind of puts things in perspective.

There is always the excitement of running races.

I am looking forward to my next race. What comes, comes.

Thinking about what Jamaicans want is a bit pressuring. So I try not to think about what Jamaicans want until I get the job done.

I want to do new things, and I want to do more 200s than 100s.

My second 30 is actually very good, where my turnovers are very quick. I just want to put a complete race together, once I get out of my drive phase, I want to hit my next 30 very hard.

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.

For me, I've not really focused on a world record. I'm just trying to put a complete race together, and when I do that, then fast times will come.

When I came here at UTech, everybody was saying I was too short, and I shouldn't think about running fast; it's going to take me a while to run fast.

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