Usain Bolt Quotes
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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Track and field was very big when I was growing up.
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You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.
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My coach told me if I broke the national record for the 200, I could run a 100.
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Where I'm from, there is no violence, pretty much.
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I actually had nuggets and mostly Asian food when I was at the Olympics. But as soon as I got back to Jamaica, or when I was in London, I had a lot of wings. That was the first thing I asked for - "Hey, get me some wings."
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Politics is tricky, especially in Jamaica. There are two parties, Jamaica Labour Party and People's National Party, and if I went for one, I would upset supporters of the other. I stay as far from politics as I can.
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The 100m is never stressful.
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If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.
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Once a year I will clean my room, just because I feel I should.
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I want to be one of the greatest athletes ever to live, not only in track and field, but in all of general sport.
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Repeating is harder than anything else.
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One of the things we're trying to do more of is not just take money from corporate partnerships, but get more involved in the business side for when I retire. So Puma are going to make me an ambassador for life. I have a clothing line coming out. I am investing a lot in housing in Jamaica, buildings for rent.
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Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.
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I don't think about records.
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I have matured a lot.
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There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.
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When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation: 'What is he going to do?'
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I try to lead by example.
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If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.
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I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.
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When I was younger, I always wanted to impress, to be good for my country, to make them feel good, and sometimes that meant I didn't focus on myself enough. I learned I had to put myself first. And it's fine because I want for me the same thing that they want for me, which is to win.
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I thought Bolt was amazing, I mean, beating the world record and slowing down at the end, how galling has that got the for the other athletes? I never managed to do anything in 9.69 seconds, it took me ten seconds to watch him do that.
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I think they have not learned over the years that the more you talk, the more I will want to beat you.