1968 Olympic champion Tommie Smith is backing USA's Noah Lyles to secure Olympic Games at Paris 2024.
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00:00Well, Noel is one of the baddest young men I've ever met in terms of competition, in
00:06terms of taking the pressure on.
00:09And I do believe that with his help, with his parents' help and his coach's help, he's
00:14going to be fine.
00:15He's very exuberant, he's very happy because he's in this position, but wouldn't anybody
00:20be happy in that position?
00:21But I think he's going to be good.
00:23I'm staying here just to see that, not coming here just to see it, but staying here until
00:29that race on Monday, I do believe, that the 100 meters will be run.
00:35Himself.
00:36Why?
00:37Because he has to overcome the stuff with a capital S that's inside of him, and it's
00:46the clarity of relaxation to do the job that his body can do if he let it do, if he let
00:53it.
00:54Etonians?
00:55Oh, gosh, yes.
00:56What do you see there?
00:57I see what the women have, I think, in the history of the Games, because there's the
01:01smaller countries also have women that we haven't heard of, but heard of in their countries,
01:05that's going to make a big contribution to the history of the Olympic Games.
01:08I wish I could give you more insight of the women, but I tell you, track and field and
01:14all the other sports, too, that women have, that is going to be conducive to the education
01:20of the Olympic Games.
01:22And I think 1968, God gave me the vision to see that.
01:27Now it's happening, so my sacrifice was not in vain.