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colt nichols & reaching sx<br />
“My path is definitely not the one that<br />
is meant for everybody,” he said. “It was<br />
meant for me. I just got really lucky. A lot<br />
of kids wouldn’t have made it this far going<br />
down the path that I had to go.”<br />
picture for me. I did not want to stop. I<br />
felt like I was meant for this and I was<br />
going to do anything I could to achieve<br />
that.”<br />
In spite of the direction that sport has<br />
gone in the amateur motocross/supercross<br />
scene (and whether or not there’s<br />
a way to change it, or which path is the<br />
right one to get where you want to be)<br />
there’s still something that young racers<br />
can take away from Nichols’ case. “I<br />
always really believed in my ability and<br />
always believed I could get to the point<br />
I am now, which is being a points leader<br />
and winning races,” he says. “It was never<br />
an issue of belief. It was hard because<br />
you get up, then get knocked back down,<br />
then get up, and get knocked back down.<br />
I just tried to stay as positive as I possibly<br />
could. I knew that there was a bigger
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