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I leaned too early. I was running, I looked across, I realised I was going to win - the thought I was on for a world record entered my mind - I reached for the line when I should have stayed straight.

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Usain Bolt
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: August 21
Association Football Player
Olympic Athlete
Sprinter
Usain St. Leo Bolt
Thought
Record
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Looked
Leaned
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Entered
World
Line
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Lines
Reached
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Straight
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Where I'm from, there is no violence, pretty much.
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When I played football, I liked being a goalkeeper or a midfielder. I was probably better at cricket. I would be a very good cricketer if I was a professional now. I think I would probably have been the best, in fact.
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Rio would be my last Olympics.
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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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I don't listen to music before a race - my coach doesn't like it, he thinks I might lose my focus and concentration.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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I have learned that if this is what I am going to do, and do it well, then I have to avoid drinking.
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I told you all I was going to be No. 1, and I did just that.
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I don't put myself under pressure.
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We're not like the distance guys. I have a very simple approach. I don't overcomplicate. People ask me, are you doing 42 steps, 44 steps for 100 metres? I don't know.
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Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.
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I can't watch a [Floyd] Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting. I used to watch boxing in the [Michael] Tyson era when it was exciting. Now it's all bob and weave, a punch here and there. It is not entertaining.
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I have to show who I am, play with the crowd, play with the camera. When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation, What is he going to do?
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If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.
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