6. Top tips from sports champions

We asked our circle of dyslexic sports champions to share their top tips on what it's like to be a Dyslexic Thinker and how to find your greatness. Here are some of our favourites.

Just experiment with different things. Again, finding your passion. You you'll definitely be at an advantage in some area. It tends to be practical, I felt. So definitely do a variety of things to find one that you're good at and also what you enjoy. But for an older dyslexic, I would say try not to be embarrassed. And also, that applies to the younger ones, try not to be embarrassed because I think that was a hindrance to me, I think because it wasn't a common thing.

Let's do something different, let's find something you're good at. It doesn't matter what it is and you can then see the giants who, you know, Steve Jobs and people like that who suddenly create new things in the world that nobody's ever seen. Leonardo Da Vinci was dyslexic. Einstein was dyslexic. For goodness sake, what can you do better than that as an example! You would almost say that you would like your children to be dyslexic.

I think that people who are dyslexic should never think of it as a disability or an obstacle. They should think of it as a gift, something God gave them, a little special, little extra special to make them think outside of the box, to give them really an edge on others who do not have those same capabilities as people with dyslexia. Because they think different, they intake information different. They're empathetic, they're compassionate. They think big, they have vision. Being a dyslexic gives you that opportunity to explore those areas of your life.

And with Muhammad, Muhammad thought anything and everything about him was great! So, he would say, if you're dyslexic, you're great. All you've got to do is follow through. And I would say, trust your brain. It's the brain God gave you and trust it. Let it take you to the places you were meant to be and climb the mountains you were meant to climb and to aspire to be the best that you could be.