Caster Semenya Quotes
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I was world champion, but I was never able to celebrate it. It was a joke for me.
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When I'm racing, I'm thinking about my own race. I'm not thinking about anybody.
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I could never give up athletics. Running is what I will always do. Even if, maybe, the authorities could have stopped me from running in 2009, they could not have stopped me in the fields. I would have carried on with my running; it doesn't matter. When I run I feel free, my mind is free.
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The thing I'm afraid of the most with the 800m is injuries. That's why I don't normally like to run in a group: I prefer to be in front, just in case someone pushes me with their spikes. I don't like stuff like that.
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I've never bought my own clothes - my mum buys them for me.
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I'd like to dress up more often and wear dresses, but I never get the chance. I'd also like to learn to do my own makeup.
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Education is the key. If you are educated, nothing can defeat you.
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I gave up soccer. But I don't think I can ever stop running.
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I grew up with boys and was always in the bush. Bullies for me never existed, because how I responded to them was way rough.
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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.
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I want to give myself new challenges. I want to get better.
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My family's support system is fantastic.
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What is the point of me changing? If I became another person, it would be bad. If I acted in a different way with my friends, they would not be happy. It's important I stay the same.
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I am an athlete, and I focus more on the issues that concern me: training, perform, eat, sleep.
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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.
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I am a fighter. I never give up.
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I don't drink gases, like Coke - just juice and water, and I don't drink alcohol.
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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.
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I always felt a bit different. When I'm with boys, I feel comfortable. When I'm with girls, I catch feelings. It's not anything I can control.
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We are going to help the young talented athletes become world champions.
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I'm the kind of person who doesn't really focus on more negativity. I'm a positive person, and I look at things in a positive way.
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I’m not giving up yet. I’m still there. I still feel young. My body can still tell me, 'look, you can still go more and more'.
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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.
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I don't like fame, I prefer to have no profile. But this is not possible for me. This is what I do, so I just have to find a way of being comfortable with it.