I Am Bolt Page #10

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and I was always gonna do great.

I want to be remembered

among the great athletes in the world.

I want people to talk about me

when they talk about Muhammad Ali

and Pel and all these guys.

He's immortal now.

All the way from Beijing to London

and now to Rio.

It is one of the greatest

athletic achievements of all time.

When Usain Bolt win the race,

the whole world feel like they win a race.

That I can't explain.

Number one on there today. Remember that.

Yo, when you wake up

and you feel like a million dollars

and you remember that you're Olympic

three-time 100-meter champion,

it's a good feeling.

Two more to go, baby. Yeah!

You're from other countries

and you're rooting for your country,

but then you see Bolt and you're like,

"OK, I'm rooting for Bolt."

Everyone wanted to see Bolt run,

and that's something that, you know,

just doesn't happen.

No one knows what nine-five feels like,

no one knows what it is to run

in the Olympic Games,

but for some reason

when he steps on the line,

you feel like you're running with him.

I have no doubt

that you'll have a faster runner

than Usain Bolt in the future,

but the world

will always remember Usain Bolt.

The last three Olympics

have been amazing with Usain,

um... and he really went out in style,

you know.

He's the best athlete

who's ever lived by far

and he proved that again tonight.

A youth who was born relatively poor,

in terms of economics,

but was rich, was rich with talent,

rich with life, rich with substance.

And to see somebody like that

rise to win an Olympic gold medal,

like, that's what the world needed.

I found the drive and I was relentless

in wanting to become the greatest.

So for me it's like...

I found it, I did it.

It took a lot of hard work and guts

and focus and concentration.

It's not easy.

People feel like it's simple.

And I have to remind myself that,

listen, you have a goal for yourself,

and if you don't win this year, all that

you've done doesn't really matter,

and that's one of the things

that kept me going.

Running in lane four, it's Jamaica.

Big up to Usain.

Definitely he is a legend.

It's a great feeling being, you know,

his friend and his teammate.

And we did it for him,

tonight was for him.

I think they should just give him

the stadium, take it back to Jamaica,

take it wherever he wants, you know?

What is there still to give him?

To come and do something like that,

getting nine gold medals,

that has been magical.

He's up there with the big guys.

He's sitting at the table.

It is a dream of every coach

to have a talented athlete,

and to have one as talented as Bolt

is extra special.

To see this child I grew up with,

this boy influencing the world

the way he has, is special.

It gives you a sense of purpose.

Like you have contributed

to something great.

Cos he ain't here trying to be

political or revolutionary.

His whole quest

is to just make people smile.

Probably that's why

the world responds to him so much.

At a time when the world is in chaos,

he's just all about smiling.

For nine seconds,

let's just put the runner euphorically.

I've dedicated all my life

to being the best,

and to being the best track and field

person I can possibly be,

trying to be a legend,

trying to be the greatest,

trying to be unstoppable,

trying to be undefeated.

I've dedicated my life to this.

If I was an emotional guy,

right now I'd be crying for sure,

because it's been such a long journey,

and now, for me,

it's like... it's finally over.

I'm sad, but I'm relieved that it's over.

I've done it. I've done

what I've set out to do in the sport.

I'm just happy this part of...

this chapter is closed

and I can just relax

and just go on vacation,

not worrying about anything,

eat some junk food and just live.

Yo.

The greatest, the greatest.

I am the greatest. Remember that. I am.

Listen... So we had a bet.

Everybody's been talking

all kind of crap all season.

All stuff about I can't throw 60 meters.

Well, it's gonna go down right now.

Yo, where's the tape?

No chance, no chance.

Can you believe that the last event

I'm gonna be doing at the Olympics

is javelin?

No one knew. It's a beautiful moment.

Let's do this.

Bolt, Bolt, Bolt, Bolt, Bolt, Bolt,

Bolt, Bolt, Bolt...

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