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I looked up to Don Quarrie and Michael Johnson when I was younger. They were the best in the 200m which was my main event growing up.

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Usain Bolt
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: August 21
Association Football Player
Olympic Athlete
Sprinter
Usain St. Leo Bolt
Best
Johnson
Michael
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Younger
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I have just accepted certain things and it makes it easier. I accept I will get injured. I accept I cannot win every race. I work hard to decrease the chances of those things happening but I accept they will happen. A lot of people don't accept it. They get injured, they go crazy.
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Rio would be my last Olympics.
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It was not perfect but I'm very happy. It could have been better, but I'm now looking forward to my second race of the season.
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I've got everything I wanted so I'm just happy.
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
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I try to live my life to the best, but I just always preach that you should just work hard and do your best.
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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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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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I never single out any one competitor. I treat all my rivals equally.
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Don't think about the start of the race, think about the ending.
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At the end of the season, I normally get some time off training and can go on vacation and enjoy myself.
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I don't like losing anyways.
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I was not stressing about what other people wanted. I put myself first.
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I just imagine all the other runners are big spiders, and then I get super scared.
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I like to have fun, just stay relaxed.
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.
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I am doing what I do [athletics] because the fans love it and it's a part of me, it's my personality. I think people come to see you run fast, but they also come to see a show, a performance. They want to see a personality, and that's what I give them.
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I don't go to church so much, but I do believe in God and I understand the consequences of faith.
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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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