25 Quotes by Sally Pearson

Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends.

Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.

My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.

I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.

I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.

Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.

My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.