UK's #1 paper asks: Is Josh Kerr Britain’s next Olympic hero? And Kerr declares: "I don’t think I have a huge amount of talent."

It always strikes me how people that are physically very gifted - beyond any doubt - want to attribute their success to factors like mental strength and hard work.

The most successful generally do have superior mental strength. Of course they have talent but they are saying it isn't necessarily more than any other very talented competitor at the top of the sport.

He just says the opposite of what you have claimed he said. He doesn't believe he is outstandingly physically talented. He ascribes his success more to the mental side.

Yes well Rojo knows this, as you would if you read the thread title, but as is often the case, Rojo simply screwed it up, but he knows what you are trying to tell him, as evidenced by the title.

Fight fight fight fight Josh come on man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beat Jakob and own him. Show him whose da boss with your scintillating 25.00 final 200m in the 1500m final, and, incredible ability to open up and extend those beautiful legs of yours Josh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get it done Josh, and remember me Khamis the RF King who is guaranteeing your win a 100%!!!!!!!!!!

To everybody else, do not take offence but there are some things in this world that must happen and come to fruition. Destiny is destiny, that's that, sorry!!!!!

No, Josh Kerr is trying to play down Jakob's 'physical talent' by saying 'physical talents' are worth very little even those in himself. It's because he wants ensure the 1500m final is exclusively a MENTAL GAME only.

Mhhhmmmm words of gold and wisdom as usual from my darling Armstrong!!!!!!!!

Makes total sense this way!!!!!!!!!

Yes Josh Kerr is obviously speaking in relative terms. He obviously knows he is very talented, come on he beat the sh*t out of Edward Cheserek in college every single time and opened such a huge gap on him at the finishing line and Edwark is an accomplished miler to some extent as well. But relative to Jakob and the rest of the world, Josh knows the physical talent dwindles in comparison!

Actually just an aside, I think the pictures of Josh Kerr in tuxedo looks extremely suave and debonair!!!!! He also has the height to make it work!!!!!!

All in all, it reinforces the long held empirical belief in me that British men are very good looking and desirable in general apart from crazy good manners, ethics and moral behavior. I don't think the French, Spanish or Norwegians can match that????

Such a high bar to clear

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They don't want to be seen as lazy free-loaders. I get the mentality. He's obviously worked his butt off so have all the other elites. No one wants to be told they don't deserve it as in they could wake up after years of partying and run <3:30.

A great example of this is its commonly accepted that Rushida is one of the world's most gifted athletes. Many articles on how he comes from a special tribe. Reading that you think they could all be 1:40 runners.

No not this kinds of British men. I'm referring to the more refined ones. There are more refined British men in general than not.

My point exactly. They all work hard.

And genetics determines their ceiling.

It's not like they are all equally physically gifted and their mindset makes the difference.

True. And you know if Brooks Beast teammate Henry Wynne were to go up to him and ask “is my mental weakness and mediocre work ethic why I max out at 3:49 high for the mile and you run 3:45?” Josh would of course not think that is the case. So it’s kind of a throwaway claim to me.

You get this with work / money too. Everyone believes they got to where they are in their career or have accumulated wealth through pure hard work. The saying “I worked hard for my lot” seems universally applied. Realistically, a lot is genetics and luck. I suppose luck plays less of a role in pure athleticism.

funny how i was mentally strong after a good training block injury free ...

body and mind go hand in hand

but then there is david goggins

Pre did the same thing.

Thought he lacked physical talent and won solely due to his mental toughness.

It's a strategic claim like I said earlier in my comment to darling Armstrong. Josh Kerr wants to play down all physical advantages on the start line of the Paris 1500m and make it a mental race. He was to psychoticize and psychiatrialize the race, you feeling me Noah????

He knows on the day whoever wins has mastered the game of psychoticism or psychiatricism!!!! Josh knows he is the strongest psychic on the startline with the best psychiatrialization of everybody!!!

Simple as ABC, period.

Damn, only a few hours in and this thread has already been Khamis’d

I will lose any amount of respect I had for kerr if he wins anything other than gold.