Snapshot · The Mel Robbins Podcast
Shelly-Ann went from being the 6th reserve (last on the relay) at the 2007 Osaka World Championships to winning Olympic gold in 2008 — all by changing her mindset and becoming consistent.
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Mel presses on the tension Shelly-Ann introduced: if dreaming felt like a luxury in Waterhouse, how do you speak to someone who genuinely can't even imagine something different? The answer cuts straight to the root. Stop asking 'Can I?' Stop asking people who don't understand your gifts, your context, or your destination to validate your direction [1] — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce "Stop asking, 'Can I?' Stop asking for permission to be great." 11:11 . The relationship you need to invest in isn't with a mentor or a coach — it's with your own voice, the one internal narrator who actually knows what you want. Shelly-Ann draws a clean line between the voices that are important (yours) and the voices that are noise (everyone else's), calling comparison and external validation not just unhelpful but actively dangerous — white noise that distracts from the signal of your own purpose.
Thomas's wife is already ranked in the top 2,000 CrossFit athletes in the world — roughly the top 1% — and Thomas wants her to pursue the sport professionally now that he is graduating law school.
Research shows athletes who mentally imagine practicing basketball or soccer have better performance than those who do not include imagination in their training.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has won 19 gold medals in track and field, including 3 Olympic golds and 10 World Championship titles.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first Caribbean woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters when she won in Beijing in 2008.
Shelly-Ann won the 2022 World Championship at age 35, becoming the oldest man or woman ever to win the 100-meter world title.
Shelly-Ann is one of only approximately 2 to 3 women ever to win a global sprinting championship after giving birth, making her 2019 World Championship win historic.
At age 35 in the 2022 season, Shelly-Ann ran 10.60 seconds or faster in the 100 meters six or seven times — an extraordinary level of consistency.
Shelly-Ann won World Championship gold in 2019 and 2022 after giving birth to her son Zyon in 2017 — feats almost no other sprinter in history has achieved.
Nike honored only two athletes with statues at the 2024 Paris Olympics — LeBron James and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce — to celebrate their iconic legacies.
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