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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't get bothered about statistics. If somebody had pointed out to me the odds of my being a working actress getting paid for what she does, I probably would have quit early in the game.
- Big Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was always a feeling for me that it would work. That's what keeps me going. You go in with a positive attitude and stay there, and that's a big part of what does make it work.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.'
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Together
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
Orlando's a part of me. The next guy's a part of me. And the next guy's a part of me. That's all I'm trying to do, is tell cool stories that people can relate to.
- Nov 07, 2020
I got rock in me.
- Country Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got country music in me.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
But because I could throw so hard when I got to college they made me a pitcher.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020