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Wayde van Niekerk
13 quotes
“Obviously with an injury like that, you need to be very patient when it comes to your physical recovery. But mentally you think the same way you’ve always thought. You want to be back on the track, you’re ready to challenge your records, you want to compete against the best in the world but physically that’s no longer your reality. So mentally I had to make a big shift. It took a while but I believe I made the right decisions to get myself in the best position I can be at the Olympic Games later this year.”
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“I think I can, I’ve shown a lot of positive signs in training of being faster than before and I’ve matured way more mentally. But I know it’s one thing doing it in training and a different thing back on the track. So it’s really about getting that consistency in terms of being a competitor.”
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“Well, having 43.03 as my current record, sub-43 is my only next step to take. There’s no other area to go in terms of a personal best. It means going sub-43.”
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“I had a lot of time to think about what caused it, Coming from five years of competitive track and field and growing from being not ranked at all to being the world record holder takes a toll on your body. I was feeling on top of the world, not knowing that your body tires and you are very vulnerable to injuries. I thought I’d have some fun and that led to me being injured and having to start afresh. I’ve gone back to fighting for my dream from scratch.”
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“Yes, it obviously did play a role and left my body a bit fatigued. 2017 was probably the most physical, competitive challenge that I’ve ever had and it might have taken a lot out of my body. When you play a touch rugby match you’re looking for trouble. But I’m at peace with what happened and I’m excited for what the future holds. I’m putting everything that I can into getting back and I feel stronger than ever.”
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“In 2018 I didn’t compete at all. In 2019 I tried, but I had a bone bruise. We had to be careful and then when we tried to come back last year I was infected with Covid. I tried finishing last year with a few races to see what’s missing.”
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“My biggest challenge was just to deal with the nerves and internal doubts and fears. If we look at my last hundred metres in that race I definitely had the speed back but mentally I was in a totally different space. I had to isolate for 26 days before that and there were a lot of nerves, stress, anxiety. But I went out there and released that weight off my shoulders. I felt much better and that led to a few more races in South Africa.”
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“I wasn’t that educated about Michael, I knew he had the world record but I did not take enough time to understand what it meant to track and field. I was young and more attracted to the current sprinters of that time – Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Justin Gatlin. I grew up watching them and they inspired me. But later on, once I broke his record, I had time to educate myself about all Michael achieved and how great an athlete he was. That gave me massive inspiration and motivation to continue growing.”
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“Life was very difficult for my parents but I’m really grateful for the way my family raised me and how they always tried giving me opportunities, even if they had to borrow petrol money to make sure they were there to support me. Their presence meant the world to me. It meant more than the pay-off boots I was wearing on the rugby field or the pay-off shorts I wore on the athletics track.”
Wayde van Niekerk (born 1992) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wayde van Niekerk: 'I've gone back to fighting for my dream from scratch', The Guardian, March 9 2021
“If I had to live my life by other people’s opinions, I’d probably not be the world record-holder right now. A few years ago, people told me the record would never be broken, so… I listen to what people have to say – I take the good advice if I get good advice, but other than that, it’s me that needs to do the job.”
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“So, I’m getting out there and continuing to do the hard work I’ve learnt to do; continue being as consistent as I’ve learnt to be, and just prove everyone wrong because I’ve got a dream.”
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“I believe in a powerful God – He’s shown me He’s faithfulness, greatness, day-in and day-out. I mean, a boy from Cape Town that basically started off with nothing, and worked myself all the way up. It’s a testimony to each and every South African out there, to say that ‘If he can do it, we can do it’.”
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“So, I just want to make sure that I rewrite the history as crazy as possible, so that when the next generation come through, they’ll know it’s not going to be easy feat to get to.”
Wayde van Niekerk (born 1992) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wayde van Niekerk hopes documentary ‘can be a story of inspiration’, (May 30 2018)