Running is just a game to me.
Running a fast time is good; it's better than winning. You can win with a slow time. To me, it doesn't mean anything. I like running a fast race more than a slow race.
It's good to be well known. Everywhere I go it's the same thing - autographs, pictures.
To me, I can be famous in sports. But to me, I cannot say it means a lot to be famous. Being famous is something I don't like.
Sometimes I was sad, sometimes happy. Just on and off. Always I felt welcome. It's just, you know, sometimes as a human being, you cannot always be happy. You do good things, you do bad things, people talk.
I don't have rights. Let's put it this way: in athletics, I don't have rights.
If someone was born the way she was born, are you going to blame him, or are you going to blame God? Whose fault is that? Nobody's.
I want to give myself new challenges. I want to get better.
I gave up soccer. But I don't think I can ever stop running.
Life wasn't good, but I could not walk away from something I love. I had a difficult life to face, but I had to try to keep dealing with the situation with the help of my family, friends, and training partners and manager.
When I'm racing, I'm thinking about my own race. I'm not thinking about anybody.
Some of the occurrences leading up to and immediately following the Berlin World Championships have infringed not only my rights as an athlete but also my fundamental and human rights, including my rights to dignity and privacy.
If I win gold, I will dedicate it to Nelson Mandela. He is a hero in South Africa, and everything I do, I do for him.
I am of the firm view that there is no impediment to me competing in athletics competitions.
To me I don't think sport is something that I can take for life. I still have my academy, my studies.
For me, running is nothing. Honestly, it's nothing.
Athletics is athletics. When you do sport, you are gambling. You run, you win, you lose. It doesn't matter if you are competing or you are not competing.
From a young age, I was a pretty good listener, a strong lady. Maybe it helped me that I never felt intimidated by anybody. Even at school, I was always strong. I believed in myself, in what I do.
It's what my friends always tell me, that I'm a strong person and the best. But my head has to be clear before I run so nothing upsets me.
If I'm at my best, I feel I must win gold all the time.
