Michele Perry Quotations

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I was like a little kid because I said, 'Oh my God it's Jackie Joyner-Kersee!' ... I had never seen her in person. I only saw her on TV. I was kind of star struck.

I think this was my year for things to really work out for me.

To me, I knew in my heart from Day 1 that I could do amazing things in hurdles, ... Nobody else believed that. I always believed that. Now I've got the opportunity to prove that to the world.

It wasn't a shock to me, ... I know most people in the world are shocked. I know what I've been doing at practice and I wasn't able to spend that time on the hurdles. Once I stepped away from the heptathlon for a while, I was able to give 100-percent energy to the hurdles, and I knew that's what it would take to get to an elite level at that event.

I knew today, whatever it took, I would win, ... It was my time regardless. I was strongest at the end.

I don't know. I think a lot of us are kind of happy she's not here!

I didn't know where I was in the race, ... but I could feel everybody behind me, that I had to charge home. I'm just happy that I finished clean and strong.

He said, 'OK kid, time to make a decision,'

I could feel everybody, ... I knew I had to charge home. I'm happy that I just finished clean and strong. I enjoy the heptathlon. At first, it was an adjustment for me. I'm not completely developed in all the events. I believe I can do both.