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You also have to understand that you’re doing this thing for yourself first and no one else. Desire is the key to success."
"He called that overwhelming rush of hurt ‘The Moment of No Return’, a point of pure agony when the body told an athlete to quit, to rest, because the pain was so damn tough.So much so, that he almost got me motivated to start my 10k steps per day again! He reckoned that if an athlete dropped in The Moment, then all the pain that went before it was pointless, the muscles wouldn’t increase their current strength.
"The penny dropped with me about how important confidence was to a sprinter, especially in a short event like the 200 meters where supreme mental strength was often the key difference between myself and some of the other racers in my meets."I was on point and, whenever a championship or meet approached, I became the immaculate athlete.The untold truth of his life and his journey from a teenage sensation to an international superstar was described in this book.
Usain's home was Coxeath, a small village in Jamaica. Instead, it was the task of getting water from the stream to his home yard that served as his training regimen.31 Comment
Apr 5, 2025
Status and Me
During lunch with a friend, an over-thinker with opinions on almost everything, we talked about the “WhatsApp status”…
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Those looking for motivation and inspiration from the world’s fastest man – not just from athletics point of view but from a point of view of a commoner getting trained to someone exceptional by sheer hard work and correct mentoring!He also won a gold medal in the 100-meter race at the 2012 London Olympics game.
He sounds arrogant or self-centred at some point, but I guess it's not entirely true because he is a global phenomenon and an undisputed superstar athlete.
However, the media and other athletes question his ability to win from time to time.
Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography
Review of ‘USAIN BOLT - Faster Than Lightning – My Story’
“After my lap of honour, I sat in the media conference and laid it down to everyone.
It was a tipping point. ‘Bask in my glory.”
Five stars to the autobiography of the fastest man on earth, Usain Bolt, the fastest and the greatest sprinter to ever wander on earth. Usain proved them wrong by winning so many titles.
“A few weeks later, as the horror of what had happened sunk in, when I looked at the photo of my crumpled car online, something dropped with me.
"Come on, do your homework before you ask stupid questions. I cut out most of the junk food and I switched off my personal messenger and phone, especially on Saturday nights. “… my potential on the racetrack only became an issue once it was spotted by one of my teachers, Mr Devere Nugent, who was a pastor and the school sports freak.”
The book is written in simple, straight in your face language.
Have you not been following me all these years? But if he could work through the pinch and run another two reps, maybe three, then the body would physically improve in that time, and that was when an athlete grew stronger."
The mentality, dedication and the struggle of an athlete to reach for his goals, which we sometimes tend to ignore as spectators, is another aspect effortlessly coming to life in this book.
Pop the blocks! His father was a traditional and rigorous man. God Almighty… My eyes had been opened, I had God in my corner, and He had put me on this earth to run – and faster than any athlete, ever.”
Bolt was born in rural Jamaica and was looked after by a highly supportive mother and an extremely disciplinary father.
Eventually, over the years he moved on to the sprinting world courtesy his mentors and parents guidance. A keen-eyed teacher was the first to notice Bolt’s speed and his future potential.