How to Push Past Your Limits | Usain Bolt’s Training Philosophy in 11 Minutes

This thing, you're doing it for yourself. You're not doing it for anybody else. Training helps you, but you have to compete against other people who are of a higher level. There's times when you run and you just want to stop. You just want to give up. Like, to hell with this, I just want to go home. Yeah, you want to be the best you can be. You want always people to remember you. You want people to know who you are. Even if it was injuries and I was on the bench, I would always just shout inspiring things to the players. No matter how far you think you are ahead of me, I'm going to catch you. That's my mentality that I go out there with. Hey, what's up? I am Usain Bolt.

He's a Jamaican sprinter regarded as the fastest person who ever lived. He's the first man at the modern Olympics to win 6 gold medals in sprinting. His personal best of 9.58 seconds in the 100 meters is the fastest time ever. He's Usain Bolt, and here's my take on his top 10 rules for success.

This thing, you're doing it for yourself. You're not doing it for anybody else. Yes, your family supports you. Yes, your friends support you, but You're doing it for yourself at the end of the day, and you're the only one who's going out there on the track. So you gotta motivate yourself and you gotta want it as much as everybody else on the track. So I've learned that, so it's easier now. So when people say, this season, oh, Usain is not running as fast as he should, it doesn't bother me because I've been through this already and I know what they're gonna say all the time, but I know what I'm capable of and I know what I can do. So how much more do you need to be at your absolute best? For me, you don't know when you're going to get there. I think the key thing is to train hard, and you definitely need competition. You definitely need races in, because I've learned over the years that training helps you, but you have to compete against other people who are of a higher level to help build you up and make you know what else you need to work on in training. Dying. I think a lot of people just, they see you run and they say, "Oh, it looks so easy. You really look effortless." But before it gets to that point, it's hard. It's like hard work. It's day in, day out sacrifice. Day in, day out. Just dying. There's time when you run and you just want to stop. You just want to give up. Like, to hell with this. I just want to go home. There's days when you get up and you know what, you have a training today. You know it's going to be intense and you're like, oh God, I don't want to go today, but you got to go. And it's so hard and a lot of people don't know. My coach always says, in a couple of years we're not gonna have any trap because we're gonna take all of it home. We are not used to seeing you suffering. That's why you guys are here, show the true story, ain't it? This here is the reality. Do you mean that the competition is not the reality? Listen, the work is behind the scenes. Competition is the easy part. Behind the scenes is where the work is done. Everything is done to get to that one race that you need to run. It seems to be important for you to be a sport legend, so I just would like to know why. Well, in your line of work, what do you do? Me? Yeah, what do you do? I'm working at the International Automobile Federation as a project manager. Yeah, and you want to be the best you can be. You want always people to remember you. You want people to know who you are. You want the best, because when they call, you want them to ask for your name specifically. So that's how we look at it in our sports. We want to be the best. So at the end of the day, they can say, all right, Usain was one of the greatest athletes. When they talk about track and field, the first thing I want them to say is that Usain Bolt. So that's what I look at. That's what I work towards, to be the best. You can just be different. You don't need to be the best to be different. And if you be different, it's a good thing too. Yeah, you want to be different. Everybody's different. Everybody's trying to— people call some athletes are serious. Back in the days, every athlete was serious. So everybody was like, yeah, they're serious, but I'll change the game a little bit. So I've really done many things that I've changed the game, that made it different already. So I'm slightly different also. But the fact is, people want to say, yeah, he was different. But I want him to say he was the greatest. That's what I want. I don't want people to just say I was different. I want him to say he was the best, best at his sport. He was the best at what he did. He was different, and he was fun to watch. So for me, that's what I, that's what I really want. When you go in a race, you have to go in there always confident. Yeah. Uh, you can't go in there thinking, ah, the guy next to me is going to beat me today. Yeah. No, you have to— even if you know he's going to beat you, you got to be confident that I'm gonna give him a run for his money today. I'm gonna give my best. You can't worry about anybody else because he may come out and have a really bad day, and then what? So you gotta be ready just in case he has a bad day. Yeah, you gotta be on your game at all times. With me, I try not to pressure myself too much because the worst thing you can do is start worrying. You gotta remind yourself that, listen, I want to do good for myself. I have to just work hard and do my best. You gotta remind yourself that You can't win everything. You're going to win some, you're going to lose some, for sure. That's how the sport is. And the first thing my coach taught me when I was in the sport is that you got to learn how to lose before you can learn how to win. Whenever you were growing up, was there anyone, any heroes, role models for you? For me, definitely my dad. Within sports was Kevin Garnett. Kevin Garnett. Yeah, I'm a big fan of Kevin Garnett because he was always determined no matter what, no matter what the situation was, even if it was injuries and was on the bench, would always just shout just inspiring things to the players, always try to push them on or try to will them on. So for me, I really like that about him, that he was always dedicated to the sport. I don't get scared easy. When I— I may be doing awful in training, but when I go on that track, it's like I transform. The confidence I have when I'm out there is different. No matter how far you think you're ahead of me, I'm going to catch you. That's my mentality that I go there with. I'm never scared of anything, never scared of anyone. It's all about business when I go out there, and everything comes together when I'm on track. I was disappointed, but I think I've been with my coach long enough that he has taught me a lot of things. He says you got to just put things behind you. Yes, it happened. Yes, I'm very sad. Yes, I'm disappointed, but you got more races to go, so you got to put that behind you and move on. So that's what I did. I really just moved on. Me and my coach, we never discussed this false start until after the World Championship, he never said anything to me. Nothing during the World Championships? When did he start to talk about it? He waited after the World Championships. He came to me and he said, what happened? I was like, uh, and we just sat and talked about it. So, hey, what's up? I am Usain Bolt. Uh, for me, I just want to say, I know, um, most summers all you think about is just staying home, watching TV, doing all these things. But for me, it's fun to be outside. And for once in a long while, it's very nice in England, I must say. I think it's great to just go outside, not only just run around, play soccer, chill with your friends, get a tan. I'm already tanned already, but I'm just saying, it's good to just get out there, just have fun. It's good to just be outside, I think, because when I was growing up, I was always outside. That was my biggest problem. My momma said, "No, sit down and stay inside." But you should go out and just have fun. It's wonderful and be happy. It's the summertime.

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I've watched and I've seen different athletes over the years, not only Jamaicans, British athletes, when they're training, they try to overdo it. You gotta work with what the coach says. A lot of people, they run hard, hard, hard, hard, and then you can't finish the set. It's never like that. One thing I've learned over the years from my coach is that the last one is the most important one. That's when you improve. So if you run, you got 16, you're in 5, and you're tired, you're dying, you gotta even take one more, take a little bit more rest time, take one more minute and go, because that's when you start improving. That's when the work Pays off now because your legs are dead and you got to push your body. You got to overcome. It's like you're moving past a barrier, moving a step forward. A lot of people just want to stop because they're dead tired, but you got to do that extra one. That's when you improve. One of the things that stand out for me the most that a lot of people might not know is that through everything, even through the injuries when I was coming through, NJ was One of the persons that always, no matter what, always call me. Even my parents didn't call and check up on me, he's the person that always say, "Oh, is the injury? Oh, is this coming on? Oh, is that coming on?" And that's one of the things that stand out for me mostly through the friendship. I know him always make sure I'm alright and check in. And he hear something on the road, he don't take it as it is. He call me and say, "Listen to me now, hear this, you know, what's going on? What's this?" So for me, that did mean a lot coming up as a youngster, especially that For me, it was a hard period of time because Jamaica wasn't the Jamaica that I expected. Because I've learned over the years that you have to do these things for yourself first because sometimes Jamaicans get on your heart and as a young youth, they don't understand how rough that is on you mentally. You understand? But throughout the years, I've had great support with Angie and my family and stuff who really kept me on the right path. You are a great athlete, but you are also a great entertainer. Yeah. Do you like that, entertain the crowds? Yeah, it's fun for me. I'm just giving people a piece of my personality, really, and just letting them know that I'm laid back and this is me. And I think people really enjoy it because when they come out, they want to see the, the athlete's personality. They just don't want to see you run 100 meters and then go in, wave to them and go. So I always try to mess around, let them know that it's fun, so they always want to come and see us.