Top 40 Caster Semenya Quotes

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.

When I’m racing, I’m thinking about my own race. I’m not thinking about anybody.

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.

Yes, I learned history at school; I know everything about apartheid. My dad, he bought the books about it, stuff like that. But I just move on with my life. It’s completely different for me.

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?

It’s good to be well known. Everywhere I go it’s the same thing – autographs, pictures.

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.

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.

Education is the key. If you are educated, nothing can defeat you.

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.

I don’t have rights. Let’s put it this way: in athletics, I don’t have rights.

I am a fighter. I never give up.

It’s always great to perform, make the podium, and yeah, gold, silver, and bronze, will also encourage other nations, Asia, America to do better.

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.

For me, running is nothing. Honestly, it’s nothing.

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.

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.

I don’t like fame; I prefer to have no profile. But this is not possible for me.

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.

My family’s support system is fantastic.

I know how I look like. I know how I sound. I know how I walk. I’m just gonna be me. I do me, and you do you.

I think I make a difference. I mean a lot to my people. I’ve done well. They’re proud of me.

I’m supposed to be famous, but I don’t think I like it so much.

I want to give myself new challenges. I want to get better.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The field is fantastic, great runners, so the best you can do is stay in control, pace yourself well, and then utilise it when you can do better.

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.

We are going to help the young talented athletes become world champions.

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 understand when you say I have an advantage because I am a woman.

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.

If I’m at my best, I feel I must win gold all the time.

I’ve never bought my own clothes – my mum buys them for me.

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.

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 have been subjected to unwarranted and invasive scrutiny of the most intimate and private details of my being.