Caster Semenya Quotes

The World University Games Gold medal was a great confidence booster for me. It highlighted my talents, my performance and dedication.

When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.

I don't believe that competitions are important.

I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I've won twice, yet, if my dad is in the audience, 'Oh look! It's Anthony Quinn.' And I'm like, 'Hello? Kid just got a gold medal. Hello? I'm over here.'

Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.

I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.

I have been compared to Mao since we were both junior skaters. We've felt the rivalry since then, so we wanted to avoid each other. However, she has been my motivation.

You always dream of going to the Olympics and winning gold. I've learned over the years that there are lots of gold medals, but certain stories stick out and make a difference.

My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

Amazingly enough, athletic achievement is one of those things that seems larger than life at points. I think we all look to sport for inspirations.

It's great, just to even get mentioned in the category with the type of person like Dwyane Wade, one of the best NBA players in the league today. It's great, and that makes me work even that much harder to be better than him.

Everybody expects me to win the gold medal.

Everything I do is for a gold medal for this country.

Knowing that I can play with some of the best out there is definitely encouraging.

My only focus is on our games and my performances - they are the most important things.

What drives me is winning medals and going out there and enjoying it.

Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.

If I become a European champion, I don't care whether I have absolute recognition or not.

When you have the chance to fight for victory or a podium finish, you have the motivation to push that extra bit out of yourself.

Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

If there's any indirect way I can motivate or inspire Olympic athletes... that is one of the greatest honors. Even Natalie Coughlin saying that I inspired her. I'm so humbled by that. I think that's amazing.

Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.

Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well.

I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.

I don't know where my first gold medal is.