Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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.

As athletes, our job is to train and compete.

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

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 means a lot to defend my title.

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.

I let my times speak for myself.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.'

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

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

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

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

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

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