Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Quotes

You've gotta share what's going on in your mind.

I am terrible at relationships.

I'm a very open person. I like to talk a lot about what I'm going through. It's how I cope with things.

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

I tell people my only successful long-term relationship was with Jim Packard. He was my rock. I didn't realize how codependent I was.

People who find that they have a lot of drama in their relationships need to allow themselves to get 'bored'. At first, it will feel excruciating, and they may find themselves confronting a very real fear underneath all that drama: being truly close and therefore vulnerable to another human being.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.

It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completely therapy - spilling everything about yourself isn't healthy all the time. But I've been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will.

I haven't always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship.

As for relationships, I know nothing. I'm an idiot; I can't get it right.

I don't know what marriages are like in general, but there are many things which I don't talk about with my husband. We discuss practical problems, but I wouldn't sit down with him and talk about the distant past. It's somewhat in contrast to other Americans, who feel that they have to confess things, but I'm really not like that.

You can ask me pretty much anything. There'll be things I'll go, 'That feels a little too personal.' But most things I don't have a fear of being asked about.

Being in a relationship is a hard, painful slog at least once a week, maybe more often - especially if you have a lot of defenses to let down, or if your parents didn't know how to love you very well.

I've noticed that the more I open up, the more I learn.

I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity.

I'm an oversharer but selective about who I share with.

I don't trust anyone... It's something that I have to live with, and I have to find the balance of who I want in my life and who isn't good for me.

Yelling between people in love is normal.

Opening up is something I have to learn how to do if I'm going to be in this business.

My one area of vulnerability was I didn't know how to have a healthy relationship with a man.

I feel like the more I share, the more relatable I am.

I never discuss my troubles in a relationship. It's best to just keep those thoughts to yourself.

Seeing guys in their most vulnerable state talking about their bodies gives me an opportunity to talk about everything. Once they open up about their appearance, then usually they are willing to open up about pretty much everything.

Everything affects you, and it doesn't measure how tough you are by being a rock and sitting by yourself. People need to talk. It's not a sign of weakness.