I imagine these two girls next to me every time single time I'm going over those hurdles in training.

- Sally Pearson

It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are you the runner girl?' I…

- Sally Pearson

Coming over to Europe you can always put on weight really easily because you are not doing your normal routine at home. It is just a bit more discipl…

- Sally Pearson

I'm really hard on myself as well, nothing is good enough for me in training. I always want more, I always want to give 100%. I use my training like …

- Sally Pearson

But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every champ…

- Sally Pearson

When it becomes hard for me not to eat bad food, I try to think about what I have to do and what is ahead of me and what I want to achieve.

- Sally Pearson

Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

- Sally Pearson

If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.

- Sally Pearson

I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.

- Sally Pearson