“Like I watched you in World Youth when you won the 100 meters, bro. I see you want to showboat, Brad. Just do it, it’s you.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬. 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭. 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲.If they think you’re not humble, let them think you’re not humble. You know who you are. Be yourself.

And it also makes you so much more fun to compete against as an athlete. 𝐒𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

There’s always gonna be a target on your back. It comes with the job. But if you went after it and you knew that that was a part of it…𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. I feel like he’s holding back ’cause of how other people might perceive him. Stop it. Just be you “