Caster Semenya Quotes

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.
Education is the key. If you are educated, nothing can defeat you.
For me, running is nothing. Honestly, it's nothing.
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.
God made me the way I am, and I accept myself. I am who I am, and I'm proud of myself.
How the hell can you change gender in the rural areas? I am a woman. We don't have good doctors; we are not rich to do such procedures.
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.
I am a dreamer. And what I dream of is to become Olympic champion, world champion, world record holder.
I am a fighter. I never give up.
I am an athlete first and foremost, and it is vital for my competitiveness, my well being, and for my preparations for events during the European summer that I measure my performance against other athletes.
I am an athlete, and I focus more on the issues that concern me: training, perform, eat, sleep.
I am not a fake. I am natural. I am just being Caster. I don't want to be someone I don't want to be. I don't want to be someone people want me to be. I just want to be me. I was born like this. I don't want any changes.
I am of the firm view that there is no impediment to me competing in athletics competitions.
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.
I don't drink gases, like Coke - just juice and water, and I don't drink alcohol.
I don't give a damn what people say about me. I like me the way I am, and who cares what other people say?
I don't have rights. Let's put it this way: in athletics, I don't have rights.
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.
I don't like fame; I prefer to have no profile. But this is not possible for me.
I don't understand when you say I have an advantage because I am a woman.
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Caster Semenya
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07 January, 1991
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