Nijel Amos Quotes
born 1994 Botswana
Nigel Amos (born 1995) is a Botswana middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
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I remain the greatest, I will always be a champion, and my name will leave an indelible mark on history for future generations.
Nevertheless, their love and support kept me going and they stood by me through that trying time, and for that, I am sincerely grateful.
It is important to not panic in race and show patience.
By 12 I already had a wide open mind. I wanted to chase my dreams and that made me grow up strong. I already knew no one was going to give me anything for free.
The goal is to stage the greatest comeback the world has ever witnessed and earn a spot in the September 2025 World Championships in Tokyo.
If there is one thing Botswana does best it’s to unearth the greatest talents the world has ever seen and Letsile Tebogo is evidence of that.
I remember running the 2011 World Youth Championships in France, where I finished fifth in the final. But when I got back home I realised I have to fight the pain.
The Glasgow final was the hardest of my life, I couldn’t sleep the night before because of all the pressure. Everyone was saying: ‘It’s you against Rudisha’.
A person’s name has great significance in my culture. I was named Nijel by my parents, which means champion, and that has manifested in a lot of different ways in my life.
So I told myself that if I win, I win it for her. Since that day, everything I’ve been winning I’ve been winning for her, not for me.
At the Olympics, I was just a young boy and no one expected anything, but in Glasgow I was the big hope. But then I looked in Rudisha’s eyes and thought he is just another athlete and I can beat him.
Suddenly a feeling built up in me like I am in charge of my own destiny. From that moment on I have thought I can do this. In the past I had gone into races and not really believed in myself. I had lost the race before it had even started.
At the 2014 Prefontaine Classic Mohammed Aman took off with 250m to go. I kept patient and kicked in the final 100m to win the race.
So I knew he was going to go fast and I thought if I can just follow him and stay in the race I could finish well.
It was the worst news I had ever received in my entire career, and I was at a loss for words about what, why, or even how something like this could have happened to me.