Latest Allyson Felix Quotes from Interviews

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• As a female athlete, you're always fighting to be on a level playing field with your male counterparts. But I believe the Olympics is great for young girls; they get to be exposed to so many different sports and to these really strong women. It's an opportunity to showcase what we do, which is something that men get the opportunity to do on a pretty regular basis.

  Allyson Felix

  Girl, Sports, Strong Women

  "The Road to Rio". Interview with Avery Stone, www.yahoo.com. August 3, 2016.

• I definitely think I put more pressure on myself. I can be hard on myself and super-critical and very rarely satisfied or happy. I am my biggest critic.

  Allyson Felix

  Thinking, Critics

  "The Road to Rio". Interview with Avery Stone, www.yahoo.com. August 3, 2016.

• Competing at the Olympics is the pinnacle of your career. Everything is amplified, and you feel so proud to represent your country. You're there with athletes from all over the world. Everyone is coming together, putting differences aside.

  Allyson Felix

  Country, Athlete, Together

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee is actually someone I have a personal relationship with and who continues to do amazing things in her community. I continue to be inspired by her. If I can emulate myself after someone it's her and I just hope to have that effect on my community and continue to go on to do things like she has.

  Allyson Felix

  Community, Goes On, Inspired

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• I know that they [Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith-Joyner and even Wilma Rudolph] have paved the way and they have been a source of inspiration.

  Allyson Felix

  Inspiration, Way, Florence

  Source: www.ebony.com

• I feel like my name completely does not belong on that list [of great athlets], but I'm completely grateful for everything that they [Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith-Joyner and even Wilma Rudolph] have done.

  Allyson Felix

  Grateful, Names, Lists

  Source: www.ebony.com

• And as long as I'm passionate about the sport, I'm able to do that and I'm happy, then I would love to do another Olympics. I'm just going to see how I'm feeling.

  Allyson Felix

  Sports, Long, Feelings

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• For me, it's really important to be able to compete on the highest level.

  Allyson Felix

  Important, Levels, Able

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• I don't feel that Shaunae Miller cheated me because she didn't break any rules or anything like that, but I do feel like it's a very difficult way to lose. Having worked so hard and I know that that was such a close race, it just kind of made it even harder to deal with defeat just because of how it was done. But I don't think that she had any ill intention by it or did it on purpose. I think it just kind of happened.

  Allyson Felix

  Thinking, Race, Done

  Source: www.ebony.com

• As you get older, there are going to be a few more challenges, but thankfully I'm still feeling good.

  Allyson Felix

  Feel Good, Challenges, Feelings

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• I feel like I'm always going to be me. It always goes back to being the person that I am. And I hope that will never change.

  Allyson Felix

  Never Change, Feels, Persons

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• There are moments that aren't great. And I think it's amazing for people to be able to have some insight, to be able to see the support system and what really happens.

  Allyson Felix

  Thinking, Support Systems, People

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• Every moment is not great and sometimes those are the moments in which you learn the most.

  Allyson Felix

  Sometimes, Moments

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• My mom always has this amazing ability to always see the best in a situation. In that moment [when finished 2nd in the 200 meter race in the 2008 Olympic games] I was just completely devastated. I mean, I had worked so hard; that was my opportunity. And she was just able to turn it around for me. She helped me to be able to see the other side of things and that this is not the end for me. She's just an amazing supporter and an encouraging person and she has a unique ability to do that. And so those are the kind of things she said to me in that moment and over the next four years. When things get tough, she's always been my strength.

  Allyson Felix

  Mom, Unique, Years

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• Everyone sees the glory moments, but they don't see what happens behind the scenes.

  Allyson Felix

  Behind The Scenes, Moments, Glory

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• I had worked so hard; that was my opportunity. And my mom was just able to turn it around for me. She helped me to be able to see the other side of things and that this is not the end for me.

  Allyson Felix

  Mom, Opportunity, Able

  Source: www.ebony.com

• There was a race that I was running in Mexico City and I was the only high school athlete running against grown women. It was a professional race, but I ended up winning. That was kind of a turning point for me where I felt like, "Okay, I'm pretty good at this and there's a possibility for this to be a career for me." That was a defining moment for me.

  Allyson Felix

  Running, Athlete, School

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• My mom always has this amazing ability to always see the best in a situation.

  Allyson Felix

  Mom, My Mom, Ability

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• It was all kind of a whirlwind at the beginning. I didn't really realize that I had a special gift from God. It was probably towards the end of high school in my senior year when things really started to come together and I realized that I had more potential and that I could do this as a career and that the Olympics were a possibility.

  Allyson Felix

  Senior, School, Careers

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• I'm an athlete who's very determined and I understand sacrifice.

  Allyson Felix

  Athlete, Sacrifice, Determined

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• I'm passionate about my sport and grateful that I get to do it for a living.

  Allyson Felix

  Sports, Grateful, Passionate

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• I think I'm a person who is proud of my [Christian] faith and where I come from.

  Allyson Felix

  Christian, Thinking, Proud

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

• I've heard so many stories of young girls watching the Olympics and being inspired by it, and they want to do it now, and that's really cool.

  Allyson Felix

  Girl, Stories, Want

  "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 25, 2012.

• I think it's very important, even if you're not in organized sports, but just to be active, to be healthy.

  Allyson Felix

  Sports, Thinking, Healthy

  "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 25, 2012.

• Parents have to understand, that even if their child isn't showing athletic excellence in a certain sport, they still need to be involved. They don't need to be involved in a military type of setting, they just need to get out and play and enjoy themselves and find it themselves.

  Allyson Felix

  Sports, Children, Military

  Source: www.pbs.org