Our heroes are closer to us than we think, our role models are closer to us than we think. And, for those young people listening: you might have your role models, but also you are somebody’s role model. Somebody’s looking up to you to try to be like you. It doesn’t matter if you’re in middle school or in high school or early in your running career, wherever you are, even if you’re failing, someone is learning from your failures, so be humble in accepting them and know that they will have an influence on somebody else, whether you know it or not, that’s not important, but allow somebody else to see a path in their life. You are a role model today, you are an ancestor in training, and keep going, keep making mistakes, you’ll learn more.”
– Sergio Ávila