Motivation Quote by Alberto Juantorena

Juantorena isn’t selling individual greatness; he’s carefully rerouting the spotlight back to the state-sized “we.” The phrasing is almost bureaucratically sincere: “my main point,” “in this regard,” “receive the support of the entire Cuban society.” That’s the sound of an athlete whose career was never just a personal brand, but a civic assignment. In Cold War-era sport, Cuba treated international competition as proof-of-system, and Juantorena’s famous double (400 and 800 meters) landed as more than a medal haul. It was a televised argument.

The intent is pragmatic and political at once: he’s describing motivation (“compete for my country and my people”) while also affirming legitimacy. “Support of the entire Cuban society” isn’t a throwaway line; it’s a claim of unity that smooths over the messier realities of any society, especially one built on revolutionary consensus. Subtext: I’m not just running; I’m representing a project. In return, the project backs me.

The repetition of competitions - “whatever competition I was in, the Olympic Games, Pan-American Games” - widens the stage. He’s saying the flag doesn’t only come out for the biggest spotlight; representation is constant, identity portable. There’s pride here, but also discipline: the athlete as emissary, expected to perform belonging as much as performance. In a global sports economy now dominated by sponsorships and personal narratives, Juantorena’s language reads like an earlier model of fame, where the self is celebrated most safely when it dissolves into the nation.