South African - Athlete | January 7, 1991 -
I've always liked to be on my own, since I was young. I like the sound of a quiet place. It helps me focus.
Caster Semenya
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It's all about the hard work, knowing your strengths and weaknesses. You work on what you know you can do best. I have speed.
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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.
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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.
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I think I have made a difference. I have meant a lot to my people. I have done well. They are proud of me. And that was the main focus. I was doing it for my people, the people who support me.
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People are always asking me for pictures, signing autographs, everywhere I go. Before, it used to irritate me, but I've learned to handle the situation. I cannot run away unless I lock myself in my room and never go out.
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I have been subjected to unwarranted and invasive scrutiny of the most intimate and private details of my being.
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I don't have rights. Let's put it this way: in athletics, I don't have rights.
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When I am in that lane, and I hear, 'Caster Semenya from South Africa,' I always know I am doing it for my people. They love and support me, and I will always do them proud; I will always put them first. Without them, I am nothing.
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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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When you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opponent looks. So I think the advice from me to everybody is just to go out there and have fun.
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I am a dreamer. And what I dream of is to become Olympic champion, world champion, world record holder.
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