Odyssey with Yendi: Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce shares from Waterhouse to World Champ, trials to triumph 

Yendizzle, this was absolutely one of your best interviews to date. Shelly was comfortable in your space, and she made you very comfortable in your space. A very embracing and emotional piece about shelly’s humble beginnings to womanhood. And i can tell that you and her have similar personalities when it comes to just being strong women. Continue the great work; and i would love it if you can get an interview with either Shenseea or Koffee....talk to you later....one love...

This lady Shelley Ann Fraser should be recognized as much as Usain Bolt, she is a national treasure. we need her statue if their is not one already. In the center of Halfway Tree rd.Kingston Jamaica.🤗

Selling the slipper story to her teacher for lunch money was a tear jerker.

As A grown man, I cried throughout this entire interview because I can identify so much with her early struggles. I always admire Shelly's humility and gratitude. She's a stalwart, a positive role model and true Jamaican patriot. Thank You Yendi.

I always admired her mom's hustling to be honest. She use to see me in hwt while she selling and just because I was in the Wolmers uniform she check on me and always a talk bout her Shelly. My mommy admired her for that too.

When Shelly hang it up, she can make a lot of money as a motivational speaker.

This is so humbling to hear shell ann speak brought tears to eyes. Shell ann story is relatable to so many Jamaicans .

Shelly's struggle is most of us struggle, proud of my fellow Waterhouse/Jamaican. She inspired many of us not to give up, hard work, and working smart is key to success.

Your mom sounds like my mama...she worked at any job to put food on her kids table. Thank God for our moms! Big up all hardworking Jamaican mamas.

Never saw anyone with a more infectious personality. More strength, more success, much love.

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Sometimes people only see the glory but never know the story. Another great one ♥️

Watching this for the first time after the 200m Final at Tokyo 2021, all I can say is wow. I don't know about the others but what I saw was a woman who gave everything she had, to the very end. Now I have a much better understanding of why. This interview has also touched my life having just recently had a 2nd heart attack, I too have that resilience and tenacity that many call mad... but see when a purpose has taken hold of you, nothing absolutely nothing stops you. Thank you, amidst all the tears I've cried also during this video I am walking away with solid inspiration and I intend to also share it with others... Well done... God bless you all... more abundantly...

Shelly said she wanted to run 10, 6 and look at God work in shelly favor. This woman speak it into existence. God bless you shell I am proud of you❤

Shelly Ann's is a testament to the fact that life is a journey and that nothing is impossible. She is a breath of fresh air and I am amazed at the level of her spiritual development at her age. Wishing you much continued success.!!

Shelly is a genuine person, she got to be her true self and display her sense of humour

Words cannot express how much I have genuine love for this young woman! SHELLY! You are UNBELIEVABLE!

I've always loved Mrs FRASER-PRASER as an athlete but this interview made me love love her even more. She's an hard-working woman with a good spirit. So proud of her !!! 💖🇯🇲

I like the way Yendi do her interview she allow the person to feel free to talk without all the questions, keep going girl bless up

Mi neva like dis interview.....MI LOOOVE IT ....mi cry, mi smile ah mi laugh ❤

I realized that I am watching this video in Aug 2020, from Canada. I was so inspired by what Shelly-Ann had to say. I am presently writing my book on my life journey due to my near-death in the Toronto SARS outbreak as a critical care nurse. I went blind for over ten years and was in a coma for a month. However, with all that I went through, I regained my vision in 2013 and went back to university with a service dog leading the way to get a master degree with honors. This is the kind of resilience that Shelly-Ann has talked about and try to tell others. It is also the very things that I talked about in my chapters....'My Journey into the realm of consciousness: we don't die' The experiences that we go through built resilience and give us the spiritual toughness to meet the next challenge in our lives. It also raises our life force energy to be better for the next life challenge. Shelly-Ann can't want to watch you in 2021. Love, light and kindness from Canada's far north.

Her mom has an amazing soul she left some very good nugets of knowledge in our few interaction.

I love listening to them speak with their Jamaican accents :-)

I love this interview-reminded me of Phil 4 vs 13 “ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” I can relate-I went to St Hugh’s , I sold Gizzada & Drops at school to get lunch money; made suck suck in the evening to have bus fare! Had a strong mom holding down the household-when my dad was not working during my years in high school-sewing, baking, going to market at 4am to buy produce for our shop. This is truly our Jamaican story of strength and will power to achieve in life- #skyisthelimit! & Shelly, my family is always cheering you on-keep achieving & accomplishing great things!

I enjoyed this lovely interview. Quite inspirational. Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce is my favorite track-and-field athlete. She is down to earth, loves and serves her old community, and she has lived a clean and upstanding life. Very few of our Jamaican athletes can compare to her. God blessed woman. May Jesus Christ continue to bless and keep her, and her family in all that they do.

Who can dislike this sweetheart? She is so genuine and passionate! So full of life and love! This video has brought me to a place of loving her even the more now! Before it was just her smile after she won a race, but now it's her total package. I admire her...

I enjoyed this interview from start to finish. There are few who have the interviewing skill that you possess Yendi and Shelly's storytelling and philosophical musings always serve to inspire. So proud to see these beautiful women inside and out illustrating with such potency sisterhood and Jamaican intellect.

You’re honestly one of the best interviewers I’ve ever watched. You’re authenticity reigns throughout all your conversations and it’s a beautiful thing to witness

This is one of my favourite interviews because Shelly is so open in it and it's almost like I am seeing her for the first time. There are so many layers to her. Yendi, you did great in making her feel so comfortable and giving her this space to open up. I just feel like hugging her when she said her precious baby broke the shell around her. I also loved the 'natural' makeup on you both. Gorgeous 🤗❤❤

She is just so loveable. Inspirational is an overused word, but not in this case. Her journey is amazing and she’s a credit to herself, family and country, up there with Bolt in terms of what she’s achieved - and how cute is it that her feet don’t reach the ground #PocketRocket 🖤💛💚

Shelly Ann is one if the "realest", most authentic people I know of. Thank you for sharing the lows and highs of your life so candidly. Nuff love and continued blessings‼🔥

As much as I have enjoyed your previous shows, this one is 🥇 What an incredibly wonderful, inspiring, open, candid, aware, powerful, beautiful, charismatic & charming person. Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce is the real deal, a national treasure 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲❤️❤️Bigup🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

She’s such a silent giant on the track that to see her here is refreshing, she’s so tiny, with so much depth and softness.

"The human spirit is stronger than we think" #Amen🙌

I'VE NEVER SEEN AN INTERVIEW LIKE THIS BEFORE...IT WAS SO COMFORTABLE WATCHING THEM CHAT...THEY HAD ME LAUGHING...SHELL ANN WAS SO DOWN TO EARTH...LOVED IT!!!...REAL JAMAICAN GIRL MORE BLESSING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY...07/20/2020...3:56pm...HAPPY MONDAY...PEACE.

I just love this lady's personality and her level of commitment. One of the best role models for Caribbean athletes, female athletes and women in general. God bless you Shelly-Ann!!!!

She deserves every ounce of success that she has achieved over the years, Go Shelley 💞🚴‍♀️🇯🇲🏋️‍♀️

The Jaimacan dielect and accent is so expressive, and Shelly gives a great interview here describing her humble upbringing. Both ladies are very good communicators. The Jamaican accent is very interesting to me. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to here her champion's story. Many thanks to this young woman for gracing the world stage with her talents, her gifts and her time. Congratulations on all your victories! God is so good. 😊

I love how she speak with sooo much passion, she gave me goosebumps when she spoke about meeting Paul Francis

I bought those prestige donuts and sweets back then. I've never been happier to see someone succeed

This is your best interview up to date! Shelly Ann Frazier, is strong, passionate and kick ass! Such an inspirational and heart warming interview! She is intelligent, funny and down to earth! Your best interview, ever! A true iconic Jamaican!❤️🇯🇲🇯🇲

The best interview ever..I'm from Zambia and I love Jamaicans especially Shelly..Usain..Veronica Campbell..Blake..Koffee..I love Shelley and her personality..and now I'm on love with the interviewer..I didn't know Shelly was this funny..she's so crazy 😂😂..wow 😢😢😢😢 mixes emotions..well done to the interviewer for this...I love you both..#Yendi #Shelly

I am Italian and i love Jamaica❤land of sprinters and dreamers. Two amazing ladies🥰 another brilliant interview, very inspiring!!

Absolutely loved how pure and authentic this conversation was. Big up Shelly and Yendi

Great interview. Women should be more recognized and celebrated in Jamaica, stay strong ladies n keep up the outstanding works.

Just saw this interview and as Shelly said....she inspired me! It was absolutely refreshing, comical, and INSPIRING...love it!!

This was such a valuable 52mins of my time! Another amazing interview, didn't know she was so funny, love Shelly on and off the track.

I truly enjoyed this interview with Shelly-Ann Frazer Pryce, she's a true gem that's is humbled and full of nothing but love and compassion.... Watching her interview was such a true blessings and I really admire her, her drive and determination is what propelled her and her strong faith in God and people like shelly will always make it because nothing beats an individual that is humble and believe in christ....

Best ting pon youchube in da history of youchube......Awoah. Nuff love Yendi...

Bwoy Yendi mek everybody feel like the best thing ever since Slice Bread doe.. Nice Interviewing Style..

The struggles are real. My mother use to plant okra/plantain. For a time all we, ate were okra boiled in salt water. I hated it. Even one day I didn't get any lunch money and my mother rode to the school on a bicycle with a container full of June plums for my lunch. She always says it's what I learn and not the money I got. I pray I become successful in time to bless her.

"Tune into your inner self" "Noone puts the full stop or comma but you" "There is nothing wrong with starting over" Gems, Gems, Gems!! My favourite interview to date!! ♥️♥️♥️ Lots of Love to you both!

Such a good interview. I love how Yendi encourages speaking with the Jamaican accent and nah put on no show. It just seems like a conversation in-between the two but it just happens to be recorded. I love the concept

My daughter met Shelly Ann and took a picture with her about 7 years ago and absolutely loved her. Seeing and hearing her in this interview I can really understand why. Such a positive and inspiring personality!

She should write a book. She is an inspiration. Amazing. Strength in adversity. Wow! Tear Jerking moment. I am so proud of her. Seriously if she hasn't done so she should write a book!

Shelly I have always admired your faith in Christ. Don't ever lose that with Him by your side you can achieve anything you want.

Hi Yendi! I am from the Philippines and just saw this video. I honestly did not know anything about Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce until the recent Olympics. I became a fan right away. I just saw her running on a video and felt so drawn to her by feeling her positive energy without her even saying anything. You highlighted the power of her eyes and energy in this video, which I got goosebumps after hearing. Because you are right! Sending you love and light!

Shelly-Ann it is like you are speaking to me. I am now 50, and I have to start all over. Thank you for the encouragement.

I feel like i met Shelly in this video. Every Jamaican know about her but this time I got to know her. Looking forward to the documentary. She is truly an inspiration.

Mixture of emotions, laughing, teary eyed, happy. Beautiful personality & interview

Thank you Shelly-Ann for the inspiration. I am a 73 man who became a masters sprinter in 2009. In 2011 in ran a pb of 13.96s in the 100m. I am on a quest to beat that time. Regardless of the age and two auto accidents in 2018, I am going for it. That smile of yours and your happy personality is what makes you my favorite female sprinter. Keep it up.

Why would anyone dislike this interview? Smh. Some people just sad.

This brought tears to my eyes when you mentioned you took the slippers to school to sell your teacher in order to get lunch money

New found respect and love for Shelly-Ann. I cried a few times watching this.

I just love Shelly. A quiet giant. No fluff no hype just real talent and hard work and unwavering faith in God. She lets her work speak. Such and inspiration. Keep going lady. Wonderful interview Yendi. Nuff Respect

2 beautiful Jamaican ladies inside and outside..... my family and I were delightfully "stuck" in Jamaica for almost 4 months and I must say I met numerous awesome women like you ladies.

Yendi is such a big crocus bag a awesomeness!! This is my favorite interview yet!!! Keep them coming yendi!

The young lady gave a powerful interview. Growing up economically challenged in a one room house, and with very little to eat, many of us in that situation felt inferior, and we probably had a low self-esteem. Especially, as the young lady said in the interview, having to be around youths who lived in large houses, and wore nicer clothes. And at school, those youths would be able to buy more and better snacks, and buy better lunches. For example, some of us poor students would buy bread and avacado, or bread and red butter, while the better-off students would buy bread and cheese, or bread, ham and cheese, or bread and sausage. But those challenging times made some of us more ambitious. The hard life made some of us battlefield tough that lead us to overcome obstacles and become successful, we took roadblocks, and made them building blocks. I have a friend who grow up priviledged; lived in a large house, had plenty to eat, drink and wear, but now that we are grown, and all of the older people in his family who kept him on that level have died, the house has deteriorated, and it is some of us poor kids, who are now adults and financially stable, that are helping him with food and other supplies. So young lady, stay strong, and keep climping. Maximum Blessings.

Indeed you got the 10.6! Such an inspiring woman😍

" girl no badda wid di bawlin man" love it👍. Shelly is just keep it real, but I can relate to how it touched you Yendi, bless you😊

Our God is God above all situations, nothing is impossible when you trust in Him. I am so proud of you girl. It's not where you're from that defines you but it where you trust and allow Father God to bring you and while you're there you look back with gratitude always and giving Him the thanks He deserves always with grateful hearts.

Such a great interview! Thanks so much for sharing❤

Love Shelly-Ann's authenticity. She nuh put on and a gwaan like. Yendi this is a very refreshing interview. Thanks. I will be following your interviews in the future.

It's amazing to me how Shelly Ann Frazer-price stucked with one man right through her entire career and she is even closer and committed to him now more than ever despite her fame and riches she hasn't lost what matters in this man's love.

She is the true definition of hard work paying off. THANKS again Yendi and big up pocket rocket.

that interview is really one of the most inspirational that I have watched. It's really a must-see! Good Job Yendi Philipps

That's the best interview I have watched on your program Yendi. She ran 10.6 and she's a comedian for real. Words are indeed powerful, she actualized her dreams. I am very proud of Shelly Ann.

This is so humble to hear shelly, she makes me cry, am so proud of her.

Yendi. This was a brilliantly executed interview! It appeared in my feed as a recommended video, I was at first reluctant to watch as it was almost an hour long but I am glad I did! Shelly is absolutely inspiring and a beautiful spirit! Well done!

She is a beautiful soul proud of her Jamaican Ambassador at larger

She said she was chasing a 10.6. At the time I'm watching this, she already did it! 🙌🏾

What a refreshingly candid and inspiring interview! The lessons that a child learns in the early stages of development are such integral building blocks to his/ her future. Congrats on all your achievements, our very own Pocket Rocket! May God continue to guide your path.🙏🏾

Yendi, I too feel touched by her story. I am just a few minutes in and Jah knows this has inspired me to keep holding on. Thank you both.

Good interview. A great insight into her personality. She is strong physically and mentally with a nice personality also. Much respect to her for the hard work. Thx to her Mom for the example set for her. Appreciate her story. Thx.

Wow I needed this. Real motivational from nothing to something. The road to success is not painted in gold. But through hard work, consistency and dedication Shelly you show us we can make it happen. One love sis and big up Yendi. Really humble Mrs Shelly.

I am so inspired and motivated by Shelly's story, It is a testament to what we can accomplish as Jamaicans we are extremely talented. Thank you Yendi for using your Platform to highlight these incredible Jamaicans

I wish all those young girl out those would look at this and learn a lesson from Shelly's story, shelly did it with the strength of God,you can do too.

It’s the accent and humility for me! 💜💜 I love some Shelly Ann! Glad YT suggested this interview for me! 🇯🇲🇺🇸

One of the best interviews I've ever watched...Shelly is such an inspiration!

Shelly-Ann & Evelyn Ashford are the GOATS of women's Track n Field!

Big up your self Shelly you are one in a million

Ladies you’re just so inspiring and hilarious to watch and i as a man felt like i was in a space hanging with you both, this interview was fun to watch bless up yourselves.

Dear Yendi, Your interviews are “value adding”, empowering! May God bless you abundantly

Mi seh, Yendi and Shelly crack me up at the end but but the interview was lovely. It goes to show that once you are determined and dedicated to what you love, your losses and gains becomes your greatest accomplishments. Where you come from doesn't defines who you are destined to be.

Anything that you're destined for will get to you❤ #solidwords

Watching this interview on 8.26.21 on the day shellyann ran at the Dimond league meet in Lausanne in a PERSONAL BEST of 10.60...I am so proud and inspired by her.

Congrats on your 10.6 TODAY...you are the best !!!!!!!!! SO MUCH POWER BIG LOVE !!!@shellyannfraser

Just come in from church.... and watching two of my favorite ladies... great interview. ... GOD bless you shelly... keep up the good work yendi....

My soul needed this laughter today. Another enjoyable interview 👌👍

Cherish this moment 🇯🇲from slums to millions we all got glitter inside just let it shine I admire this woman so much luv from.grenada🇬🇩🇯🇲🇬🇩🇯🇲

This interview touch something in me especially when she said not to get complacent with ur achievement,thanks to both of you Shellie for that powerful word and yendi for allowing me to hear it.