After his resignation and the end of 2019 Jorge Lorenzo realized, as he had in his MotoGP career to artificial enemy images to motivate yourself. In the fight on the track, Lorenzo felt extra motivated when he looked at his opponents as enemies.
“It is very difficult to be friends with someone who belongs to the family and pursuing the same goals as you. We saw it with other athletes. In Michael Jordan’s documentation, you saw that it was Michael who thought up the concept of the enemy, in order to motivate yourself and to be stronger,” reported Lorenzo in an interview with ‘DAZN’.
“Sometimes I overvalued situations or statements of the other drivers about me, in order to generate more anger and Motivation for the next race stronger,” admits the three-time MotoGP Champion, who fought against riders like Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner.
“In our world, it is most important to win, and the biggest piece of the pie that happens to you. You do everything to create the. If you step back, then everything changes completely. You have not created any longer of the enemy or rivalries with other drivers firing up. This is not important,” said Lorenzo.
This article was written by Sebastian Fränzschky
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