I Am Bolt Page #3

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Although you drive with more power,

fluency will make you go faster.

Makes sense.

You see, the mind, the transition

of the mind from one to the other,

sometimes it carry over,

it doesn't change out.

But since you drive pure automatic cars,

you shouldn't...

Coach, why you stay so...?

- How me stay? How me stay, fat?

- We know what he's talking about.

I'ma try an' lose weight.

Turn the tables and he's gone.

You have to just allow him.

Set.

Go!

4.17.

That was good. Fluency, with the power

behind it, makes a big difference.

Being calm, being humble.

That's what Usain got from me.

The good-looking from me.

His parents were great

at instilling discipline in him.

Hard work. His dad...

He would wake up every morning, his dad

is heading out to the coffee farm,

and probably sometime go to bed

and his daddy's just coming in.

And discipline is key for his dad.

He did not give much trouble,

and if you said, "Don't do that,"

he'll try not to do it because he knows

a spanking will be coming.

I would say that he's more,

you know, mischievous

because he likes to, you know,

to be funny.

I guess it all got serious when

one sports day this guy recorded

that he was always beating him

in the 100 meters.

I indicated to him that if he can

beat him, lunch was on me.

Coach said to him,

"We give you box lunch."

In Jamaica that's rice and peas

and fried chicken.

Usain goes, "OK,"

and he won and he got his box lunch.

He demonstrated from then

the aptitude and the discipline

to learning the craft.

Did he tell you about his dad

coming to high school to beat him?

No.

Some friend of his threw a shoe,

hit a girl. He asked him about it.

Of course he was being loyal,

so he didn't rat out the friend.

His dad heard about it.

And I didn't even ask him. At the

school, I see him going up the stairs.

You just grab him.

All I heard was "VJ," and I turn around...

And believe you me, I did beat him.

Everybody just came out

and went on the side of the hill,

and me and my dad was face to face,

and I fold my fists, and he saw,

and it pissed him off even more, and

he was, like, "Yo, you wanna hit me?"

You have just won World Juniors,

you're the most famous high-school kid

in Jamaica,

and your dad shows up at your school,

in the middle of school, and spank you.

Oh! If I was an emotional one,

I would cry.

He did say me wicked.

But now me is the best father.

Him talk about it and him said,

"Daddy, I did say you wicked,

but you is the best father."

Big man now, eh?

- I've grown taller, that's it.

- Grown.

I reckon, on top a' get thin, you know.

Stressful.

Me can't be bald in my 30s.

That don't look good.

Daddy and his bad genes.

- Who the bad?

- Not me.

Your bad genes, man.

Your head done already.

One day I was supposed to go to school

for a track meet.

Dad said,

"What time you supposed to reach?"

Me said seven o'clock but...

me no have to rush.

Four thirty in the mornin'!

He come wake me up.

Four thirty! An' I said, "Daddy, what...?"

"Get up 'n get ready so we can get there."

At six o'clock, we reach the school.

All the man who open the gate asleep.

Bright and early. Me and the caretaker

alone there 'pon de campus.

Man there ever punctual, him never late.

High school he was enjoying it

and we went to a couple of competition,

like Western Championship, and he lost,

but when Usain lose,

he doesn't take it well.

In third form he trained

somewhat seriously, cos Usain,

Usain was so talented that he didn't

have to train really, really hard,

and he put in some semblance of training

and then became the man from the west.

I remember walking down the tunnel

and people were chanting.

I was hearing the chanting,

but I didn't hear it clearly.

And I listened to the crowd and the

crowd was chanting, "Bolt, Bolt, Bolt."

And instantly I just got nervous.

Bolt! Bolt! Bolt!

And my legs were shaking,

my hands were shaking. I was so weak.

I was trying to put on my spikes,

put on one foot

and I was trying to put on the other one

and it wouldn't go on,

and I looked down and I saw it was...

they were on the wrong foot,

and I was like,

"Oh, my God, this is not good."

I get into the blocks.

I was so weak, I was still weak.

But when the gun went, and it go pow,

all that just kinda went away.

It was like, shh, let's go.

I remember coming off the corner,

I felt like I've just gotta push,

like that extra burst of energy,

and I went in front.

Back then my form was awful,

my neck was back,

I was skinny, and I was just running

for my dear life.

The crowd was going crazy.

Everybody was jumping, and...

I don't know why I did it, but I just

walked over and I saluted the crowd,

and when I did that I didn't know

they could get any louder,

but they got louder.

People always say, "What was your best

moment, then?" That is my best moment.

The first time I won a proper

gold medal, I mean a world gold medal,

and it was in front of my people.

That's where it all started,

when I took my first step

into becoming who I am today.

Coming from the rural area

and to step into Kingston, a city,

and perform in front of your home crowd

and to be able to hold his composure

in front of a sell-out stadium,

that's where it all started.

So I think that moment

will always be a special moment.

First...

Are we gonna have a sober weekend?

- Starting now.

- I don't hear a "yes".

Yes, Coach.

No, the "yes" is important,

because I think you have

a little bit of conscience left, so...

you'll remember that you say "yes".

He's a nice guy and he's a good guy,

but I don't know

that he's that easy to coach.

The odd time I have to say, "Look,

I'm in charge," and we move on, so...

Remember you train twice Monday.

- I know that, Coach.

- Huh?

I remember.

What are you doing at this point?

At this point we're using

the ultrasound machine.

Which is that.

To send electronic magnetic waves

into deep within the ligaments

that have been damaged

to stimulate healing.

Well, that's what's happening right now.

Twisted my ankle four days ago

and it was swollen big.

I wish I had recorded it, but I didn't.

In Jamaica they have

something called "money pull-up".

When you hear a bad song,

you give the selector some money

and he starts the song over,

so I was coming to the end in a club

and then one of the songs play

and I wanted to do a "money pull-up",

so I was walking down the stairs,

actually,

and then I got to the barrier

and I was stepping over the barrier.

I stepped on the edge of the ledge

and twisted, just rolled my ankle.

Wow!

A masseuse trying to work on my leg...

while he's trying to burn my leg off

at the same time.

Yeah. After the pain, no gain.

No pain, no gain.

It's always frustrating, every season,

just to deal with injuries.

I was running good, Coach was happy,

and then I twist the ankle.

That's just... That's frustrating.

It was like, sh*t,

this could be pretty bad.

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