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The Daily Motivation

Practice Humility To Unlock Your Full Potential | Javier "Chicharito" Hernández

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8960 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Chicharito, a true soccer legend and international sensation, shares his personal journey and how embracing humility has been the cornerstone of his success both on and off the field. With heartfelt stories and valuable insights, he highlights the importance of staying grounded, being open to growth, and maintaining a strong work ethic.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

0:09.2

People don't believe that my family was amazing of never ever make me feel that I've achieved whatever I have achieved.

0:20.6

Or if I play an amazing game and score three goals,

0:23.1

they always humble me.

0:25.1

It's not about pressure, but they always humble me.

0:27.6

And I always create this process of, like,

0:31.1

I know every time that I play a match, regardless,

0:35.3

we are going to talk about the things that you can improve, no matter

0:39.3

what you could do better.

0:40.3

So imagine I'm going out, I can celebrate with my friends.

0:42.3

But I know as soon as I step in the car, or in my house, or my parents are there, we're going to, like, review their match, talk about it, and I learn how battle my ego.

0:53.3

Well, you're 17, 18 World Cups, you can score goals. Of course, you don't have those experiences you feel like you are on top of the world and you feel like already made everything and stuff. And my family helped me that sense of like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Always like, which is the goal. And they teach me something without the words, but I think with actions about like, nothing is going to be enough.

1:13.1

If you win a match, you always want to win another one.

1:14.9

Right.

1:15.0

If you score one, you always want to score one. If you play one, walk up, you want to play more. If you scored 100 goals, now you want to score 200 goals. Sure, sure, sure. So unconsciously, they teach me that, like, always like, hey, man, there's always better things to me.

1:28.7

To achieve or to work for.

1:31.9

That's how I handle pressure.

1:33.9

And then we can keep going on my story because, yeah, then imagine that was the pressure in my family, in my niche.

1:39.7

But then, of course, when I was 21 years old, my life changed completely.

1:47.0

And then the entire country knew about me. And then I was representing the country.

1:50.0

And it was like you explained in the beginning, right?

1:52.0

Sometimes if I don't score goals, it's like, I let down my country, literally.

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