Noah Lyles has explained one of the things that makes him a unique athlete and gives him an edge over most of his rivals.
Triple world champion Noah Lyles has explained one thing that makes him a step ahead of his rivals, including Kishane Thompson, Kenny Bednarek and Oblique Seville among others.
Noah Lyles revealed that he is unafraid of sharing his goals because he believes in his abilities and is never affected by how things turn out.
The reigning Olympic 100m champion noted that many of rivals and other people generally, are usually afraid of speaking up when it comes to making claims and that is where he manages to beat many of them.
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Noah Lyles further noted that even as a high school student, he would always claim to be the fastest and knew that one day he would achieve his targets.
One thing that Noah Lyles has constantly spoken about is breaking Usain Bolt’s 200m world record and he won’t rest on his laurels until he gets it. He has always spoken life into his goals and has achieved most of the things on his bucket list.
“You gotta first believe in yourself, we were talking earlier about how crazy you have to think of yourself in a certain light,” Noah Lyles shared on the Toure Show.
“That takes a crazy amount of confidence, not only that, and also the ability to just say, ‘No matter if it happens, I’m going to go after it.’
“That’s where a lot of people get stuck…they don’t want to say their dreams because people will shoot it down, so what if they shoot it down?”
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Lyles added that bad days never scare him since he always believes in his ability to bounce back. The three-time world 200m champion noted that it all applies during training and competitions.
He always shows up when he can and on bad days, Noah Lyles has mastered the art of giving himself the grace he needs.
“It’s all together…let’s say I’m going through a rough day at practice and the coach says I need to hit a target and I don’t,” Noah Lyles said.
“At the end of the day, I’m going to say okay, this practice did not go well but this one practice in a sea of many good practices I’ve had, my body could just be tired.”
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