I'm trying to be great,
not good. The plan is so deeply
ingrained into me that I know exactly
what's gonna happen. He won every 200 he was in
last year. Has he done it? Noah Lyles
right on the line. There's tons of people
who are good. There's tons of people who
have gotten to where I am now. But to be great... I got to do what most people
haven't. You have to win the gold medal. You have to do it more
than once. You have to do it three times,
do it three times in a row. Break a world record.
Do it again. These are things
that make you great. But just like life, track has highs and lows. CLERMONT
FLORIDA, USA Right now we're trying
to just do world champs. -Is it July or is it June?
-July. Oh, Father God thank you
for this food. Please bless it,
help it to nourish our bodies and give us strength. Thank you for all
the opportunities you've been giving us. In Jesus name we pray.
Amen. -Amen.
-Amen. It didn't just happen
overnight because a lot of people
think that success is instantaneous
but it's not. I would be in the hospital
so many times instead of, you know,
sleeping in my room with my brother. He used to get a lot
of ear infections when he was a baby. And on top of that,
whenever he would get sick, such as a cold or the seasons
would change, he would start to have
an asthma attack. It was asthma where he was
coughing so frequently that he couldn't stop
coughing long enough to eat, or to talk, or to play. My parents got divorced. We lived in a one bedroom
apartment and had a small little living room. And when we first got there,
it was just me and my brother. We went from being like,
you know, a solid middle-class family to, you know... below average. We went to this apartment
where the lights were kind of switching on and off because
we couldn't pay the bill all the time. It still felt normal
because we got our whole family there,
you know, it didn't feel-- yeah, there were tough times
but its way easier to go through when you have
your family there. We had been doing sports
since we were eight. And it was kind of just
the fun activity to do. We were watching
the opening ceremony of 2012 Olympic Games. And my brother jumps up
and he's like, "Bro,
we can go to the Olympics." I'm like, "I'm gonna be there.
We're gonna be there." He's like, "Yeah."
And I was like "We only have to drop
this amount of time." He's like, "All we have to do
is drop a second each year for four years." They said, "Mom, we want
to make the Olympic team." Which I thought was crazy. Because in order to make
the Olympic team, you have to first run fast
enough to qualify for the Olympic trials. And my mom would say,
"You guys worry about running and it's my job to worry about
how we're gonna get there." We didn't have access
to a trainer. We needed the money to go
to see a chiropractor. We needed the money
to get nutritional support to make sure that Noah's
asthma didn't flare up. This is a lot of work. I'm just thinking back on it
and getting tired. But, you know,
we made it happen. Athletes are the embodiment
of sacrifice, you know, from childhood all the way
to now because most of the greats have started
when they were around nine, six, and seven. You know, if we have to drive
across the country to get to a track meet for 17 hours,
which we had to do, and that's what we're gonna do
because it takes teamwork. It's almost like, I feel, like,
one generation has to be willing
to sacrifice to boost the other generation up. And then, later on,
you get to leave a legacy because one generation
sacrificed for the other ones. She always says, "If you're willing
to work hard for it, then I'm gonna work
just as hard as you to make sure
that it happens." It was so inspiring to know
that you have somebody who's backing you up,
who believes in your dreams so much to do this for you. NANJING 2014
YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES In the Nanjing
Youth Olympics, it was like a huge
moment for me. It was really the first time
where you got to see what it would be like
if you went to an Olympics. Noah Lyles
now coming into his running. Noah Lyles takes it,
a fantastic win. That's the fastest time
in the world this year. I think I PR'd that day
that was-- I ran like 20.71. The American is opening up
a bigger and bigger gap. Noah Lyles was just about
unstoppable. He ran such a phenomenal time. That was exhilarating. The Youth Olympics
propelled him to another level which is
one thing that I love about that. It gives him the opportunity
to be on a world stage. And so it's a phenomenal
experience. We were very upfront with
the fact that they wanted to go pro. So what I told them
was, I said, "I will do the research.
I will find out as much as I can about
going pro at a young age." And that way,
if the opportunity presents itself, we can make
an informed decision instead of an emotional
decision. And me and my brother
both signed pro at the same time. We had to go pro
out of high school. It's just one of those things
where it's not really seen as the way to go
even in some other sports like basketball and football,
you usually don't see those kids that go professional
out of high school unless, you know,
you have people like LeBron and stuff like that, that crazy talented individual. So going into 2018,
there was a huge determination to prove myself. That I should've been up there,
that I should've won, that I should've been even
considered. 2018 USA TRACK AND FIELD
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS NOAH AND HIS COACH DECIDED
TO RUN THE 100M Ronnie Baker, Isaiah Young
is doing well. Here comes Lyle. Noah Lyles has done it and
wins the national championship. And I won. So it was-- it was really
exciting to watch it happen because I remember watching tons of 100-meter
championships and now my name is put
on this pedestal that I've won
a US Championship, like, it's incredible. He enjoys it. He enjoys the moment,
he enjoys being on the track. He enjoys getting
on the blocks. I mean, it's just--
for him it's fun. That's one part about his
personality is he is a performer and performers
tend to step up when it's the big stage, so. There is somebody right now
who is working just as hard as I am. So I have to make sure
that every piece of me is good. I have to make sure
that my mind is strong, one of the things
that my momma said was that track and field is 90%
mental and 10% physical. And I believe
that a hundred percent. So going into Tokyo, and then the gun
is gonna go off and I'm gonna break
the world record. #StrongerTogether
