Caster Semenya

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

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.

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 think I have made a difference. I have meant a lot to my people. I have done well. They are proud of me. And that was the main focus. I was doing it for my people, the people who support me.

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

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.

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 you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opponent looks. So I think the advice from me to everybody is just to go out there and have fun.

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.

I am not a fake. I am natural. I am just being Caster. I don't want to be someone I don't want to be. I don't want to be someone people want me to be. I just want to be me. I was born like this. I don't want any changes.

The way you were born is the way you were born. Nothing can change it. I've got a deep voice. I know. I might look tough, but what are you going to do? Do you think you can change it? No.