Track and field legend Usain Bolt talks about famous decision to leave sport when he was at his prime. #usainbolt #usainboltrunning #grahamnortonshow #olympics #trackandfield
Disagree. Letting the young bulls come in, beat you and continuing the cycle of top dawg is in my opinion more beautiful and natural. Nobody beats time. Someone will eventually beat Bolts record, it’s happens in every sport.
He retired the right way! Set records, reached his goal and is HAPPY with his end result. He truly has no regrets and knew when to stop. Usain will always hold legendary status.
Not all evidently all world records won't be able to be broken, there has to be a stopping point. For example nobody is going to run the 100M in 5 seconds are they!
@@anonymouscitizen123why is reason for doing football is because he loved football and he never really done anything great there so he would be motivated but it's a young is like he didn't know😂
Tell trump that. He needs to take his geriatric age out of the race and enjoy the remaining years of life with his wealth and family. At least Biden did
Agreed fully, he is one of the greatest athlete, legend, a hard worker and a genetic individual talent, but the real reason for his retirement and lack of motivation was mostly the development of ped testing and the new subject lists of the wada. and don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this to diminish his achievements, but because it's true.
@@auntiesemite9295if hos name is not Jesus Christ it does not matter. Allah cant even provide for his people they have to come to this country and all over the west
@@ghnnnnnwhat if I told you, it's all the same religion just that everyone practices different beliefs and rituals. Hence why everyone burries their dead and mourn differently
Best to be able to retire young at the top of your game than to retire older when your whole body is falling apart and you are not able to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Thanks for representing us so well Usain. You are the greatest!!! RESPECT!!!🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
And worse, have to become a steroid guinea pig like gatlin, have the whole region laughing at you being best tryhard, only to have your heart explode like flojo later on in life 🇹🇹
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
He made sprinting 4 joyful. Sprinters b4 him never smiled b4 the race.He won 100 / 200 metters olympic gold 3 times.No done b4 him.He is the greatiest sprinter in history.
@@dubsteplovingginger Yes it will. Since Bolt era the fastest 100m time has been 9.80. if you ran 9.80 when Bolt ran a 9.58 you would have been 5th or 6th.
@@dubsteplovinggingerit will eventually be beat, sure. But how long will it take? The McLaren F1 held the top speed record until the Bugatti Veyron. How many years did that take?
@@RasT108That last race when they really started to clamp down on the drug use EVERYONE slowed down. People who still think that ALL of them don't juice are just living in fairytale land.
@@fabiancarreno7427 Its not bro, before him there was asafa and gatlin and that wasnt like 50 years ago, it was 2 or 3 years before usain won his first olympics, so the person who might beat the 9.58 might be arround the corner, its a matter of time, obviously this person wont beat usain´s record by running the 100m in 8.72 seconds, but who knows, human beings evolve ;)
@@fabiancarreno7427Possibly IF it's more than just a human accomplishment (that is PEDs). In reality, if Bolt's runs were truly "clean," I would expect them to be exceeded in the next 20 years. It's the same reason women's 100m thru 800m records (all set in the 1980's) are still there after 34+ years.
Incredibly valid reason. He did what he wanted, he did it amazingly well, and that was all he needed from that experience. It’s okay to change course when it no longer makes sense. It also makes sense that his desire to keep running was gone after he reached his career goal. He’s still the best to ever do it!
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
@@SoupChannel-t2t it's always people from countries that take the most drugs and still win nothing that complain. He's literally the most tested athlete in history and they still have samples. No need to hate
I retired from our power company after 38 years at age 56. I went out on top too. Now I’m sitting around watching tv from the 1960’s and staying up all night and sleeping all day. I’m 62 now.
Take the first half of your sentence, leave off the last part. Not everyone is gonna achieve or smash their goals, but if you truly did your best and can live with knowing that fact, even if you failed, then you'll have peace, I think
@@mainr7142 I'll take ALL of your statement....apart from the ..."I think". THE greatest thing any human can have is....peace of mind. If one tried,but "failed",if they walk away with no regrets....then they are a winner. Hope you see my point?❤
@@Zz-lm1no You have missed the point. I know of many who have expensive cars,big houses,great salary etc but the moment 8 out of 10 of them spend 5 minutes talking,you can see the stress/fear. Switch that to guys I know whom work in convenience stores or two I know who work like me,as a carer. They KNOW they might never earn fortunes,but they are happy, content,able to pay their bills but they have "peace of mind". It is a priceless thing
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
Why exactly? Why are we always so blessed to have Messi or Jordan or whoever the f is really good at something? I am blessed because I have food on my table everyday and I am healthy and strong. Having someone else live out their dream doesn't really make me blessed....
@@MrFocusSA bro, Phelps beat the 1000 year old world record for total numbers of gold medals. It was literally a 1000 year wait! And it happened when we were alive! Messi can be beaten one day, legends come every few decades. But so far, he's the best, the only one to beat Pele from 60 years ago. So you're not likely going to see the next best. Bolt set a record that is not getting closed in on and also pushed speeds never realised by humans
@@MrFocusSA You're taking this comment too seriously. OP means blessed from a fan standpoint, because 2 of the greats competed at the same time. Why you gotta be so pessimistic your comment adds 0 value
I watched him training for the London Olympics. His training camp was at University of Birmingham, and I realised that you could see over the running track from the top floor of one of the wings of the library, so I kept going over there to study while he was training. Study a bit, watch Usain Bolt running for a bit, good times!
It seems like someone will break his 200m record relatively soon, a couple guys have gotten pretty close. His 100m record on the other hand, is one of the biggest leaps forward we have ever seen. It could be another 40-50 years before it's broken. That's how far ahead he set the bar.
@@michaelshields6326I know neither of us truly know, but I doubt either will be broken soon. And full disclosure, I wanna acknowledge that I was wrong once already. I thought Michael Johnson's 19.32 would last at least 50 years. I thought 19.32 would be safer than a FloJo 10.49 19.19 is insane.
Blake actually covered the distance quicker than Bolt's 200m record, but had slower reaction time. Blake was amazing - just unlucky to be running at the same time as bolt lol.
@@kingmoreorless2810 in your little copium NPC pea brain yes he was 'clean' but in REALITY, you know the reality you can't handle nobody is clean and that is OK.
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
@@DubZer020lol people have said this about every athlete 20 years ago.. guess what? Their records were broken. Humans evolve, we get better at everything over time. It’s only a matter of time before someone faster comes along.
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
The psychological make up of Bolt is what completes what was needed for him to be the greatest. His confidence and his personality merged into the physical engine that drove his performances.
What you don't understand is humans are reaching the pinnacle of athleticism, which is why records are only getting minutely broken instead of big record jumps like before
@@williamfarr9129 yeah, they have been saying that since the beginning, humans cannot physically run faster, and yet it keep happening. It's called evolution. Where there's a will, there's a way
@@cesardiaz3002 look at the rate at which the record gets broken, it has majorly slowed down and this is because we are hitting a physical limit of muscle and fast twitch complexities
@@williamfarr9129 I agree to a point. As we stand right now we are reaching a pinnacle but it is matter of time that we evolved yet again and the race will start all over again.humans have defy logic and science and I know they are limits for this generation but in 200 years those limits will be blur
Maybe one day Usian Bolt's record will be beaten, maybe not... But his legacy will prevail, not because of his records but because he showed the world what others before him had thought was impossible... What Usian Bolt, Michael Phelps did for the world of sports in general and for their individual sport is thankless...❤
@@mustang8206 Sooner than we think. If we look at the history of the 100m records it was beaten quite regulary, every 3-5 years a new guy show up. So I will see the recod getting beaten a few times before I die. Will I ever see again an athlete having such a dominant career I'm much less certain.
@@MrOmerDalorNah it's gonna take a while for someone to beat that record, it's already stood for 15 years and sprinters have gotten far slower than they were then. Mostly due to Bolt quite literally bringing up the competition and making the other athletes run faster to compete with him, also there's just less talent now than then. But yeah probably in our life times it'll fall as everything advances
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
@@chadwaynegraham7731 5 teammates pooped 💉 His own coach said there's no clean sub-10 💉 Got a medal STRIPPED, Got off the sauce ....got his ass beat AND QUIT Total disgrace to the sport
Thank you. Most just look at the spotlights and not the background. Man was a freak of nature. His running form was nonexistent, and his height was unheard of. Once he was upright and running, if you weren't already ahead of him, there was no catching him. He was just that good. Still pissed at 2008, him slowing down at 20m still irks my soul. If he had run all the way through the line, his time would have been I BELIEVE 9.5 or so.
He didn't win them easily, it was still pushing his body to the limit. It just looked easy because he was in a class of his own. If you've ever see him train you'd know it isn't easy.
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
I remember watching him set the 100m world record live, that was back in 2009, 15 years ago! And still no one has come close nor does it look like anyone will for a long long time. Usain Bolt wasn’t just a once in a generation kind of athlete, he’s a once in a lifetime kind of athlete.
9.58 is a tough record but with advancing technology being released every year, it will be broken soon. New types of tracks, shoes, and the right person with the right stride ratio and the record will be gone. As a Jamaican, we hope that it's never broken but if so, let it be by another Jamaican.
15 years and no-one has gone sub 9.7 since. Unless we are talking about a springbok self-identifying as a human, or a genetically modified man, I doubt it will happen soon.
He is my hero!!!!!!! I never cared about sports until I accidentally caught sight of him on TV. I stopped to watch the 100 meter race but it was OVER in the time a moved my head to find a cushion. I found the race on RU-vid and it was unbelievable. How is that speed humanly possible? I thank him for the inspiration and wish him the best. It's wonderful to see human perfection is something!
I was in my very early 20's when Michael Johnson was running. I've never seen a more beautiful runner. He took my breath away and captured the heart of our nation. After holding just about every record in running only Usain was able to break them and he still holds the record for the 400 m relay split. And remember those gold nikes?
Nah white athletes now run under 10. It was believed to be impossible 10 years ago. As soon as a black kid gets to be 6'3" and has Bo Jacksons quick start, we'll see that record beat. Now sub 9:40 is another story, that might take 50 years. Mathematically speaking it was unthinkable in the 20th century that anyone on any kind of enhancement could go bellow 9:70, mere 8 years into the 21st century he did it more than twice.
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
As a fellow Jamaican and from the same parish as Bolt. I am happy to see him run in my lifetime, and very humble. My favorite race when he was racing and he turn to the side and smile at Canadian Andre De Grasse. That was classic 🙂
@@efisgpr take a moment of time to realize not everywhere is the US...we don't all rely on drugs. Take another moment to go watch his speed in his youth in Jamaica. He was always exceptionally fast.
@epic7224 are you implying most if not all US athletes use PED's in competitions? I know there are cases in the past where athletes got exposed for it, but it sounds like that you're implying a generalization
Three consecutive Olympics Dominance, no other human being has ever accomplished that feat , thats says it all, no need for him to continue Running. That the greatest achievement right there 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
@@efisgpr you Americans don't knw what you're getting your selves into accusing our athletes of cheating. It's gonna flip on you so it's best y'all stop
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
Watching these 2024 olympics, I find myself missing Usain. He made the competition so exciting and fun. He was always having such a blast out there it was infectious. Of course, maybe that’s not so hard when you’re born with talent like his. But from what I’ve seen and heard, it appears that’s just who he is on and off the track.
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This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
Medal STRIPPED 💉 5 teammates popped 💉💉💉💉💉 Coach said there's no clean runner under 10.00 💉 He is a known drug cheat. All records invalid. GOAT? 😂 Uh...NO
No matter how fast other people is and his records is broken.He left a legacy no one can beaten by. Happy to have seen and watch you Mr Usain Bolt.👐🏻GOAT👐🏻
9.58s UNBREAKABLE. For the next 50yrs .. There isn't a 6'5" Human with 4.3m stride per second and 10.4m/s speed with 40 steps for the 100m ALIVE...This is what it will take to break 9.58s
Of the 30 fastest 100m times ever, 9 - including the top three - have been run by Bolt. Incredible as it seems, the other 21 were run by athletes who have tested positive at some point in their careers for doping. (2016, The Independent)
He wasn't just fast, he was an entertainer through and through. It will be hard for anyone to captivate the audience like he did. I mean, has any track and field athlete ever been more mainstream? Nah, not globally.
He's so humble. N to know that many olympians train their entire lives for just 1 event. Even if u get gold, there's no guarantee of money or sponsors to have (as also stated in the documentay 'The Weight of Gold': depending on the sport) but Usain knows this and respects everyone who works hard for it ❤
Honestly its true, im late but i 100% agree, im an upcoming athlete and one of the top students in my class, before when i started the year i was very determined to the point where i consistently dropped my pr in both 100m and 200m which being 10.76 and 23.25 respectively, ofcourse they arent fast ( im 17) but its commendable for my age at the time, but as i grew older i started becoming unmotivated and started jogging out my races even tho i finished first all the time. I ended up quitting tracks very early and as of now im not doing it anymore. Still unsure whether i should continue or stop completely
Nothings wrong with retiring at 31 while your body is still able to move without being painful he's able to play with his children run jump and lift with your family enjoy being you LOVE BEING WITH YOUR FAMILY LOVE YOU ALL THE WAY FROM THE BAHAMAS 🇧🇸 ❤❤❤❤
Am 46 and my whole body in ache and pains so why not maybe if have stopped working in health care 21 years ago a migth be in a healthier position in my body?. So I think early retirement in any job is best to do or think about the after effect 😢😢😢😢😢.
I don't consider retiring after competing in three Olympics to be an early retirement. Especially in the events he competed in. Although Allyson Felix, competed for quite some time in the Olympics.
That's a boss level answer ❤😂 it's amazing to think that champions come in all shapes and sizes. But there's one thing they all have in common that arrogant, self-belief. The almost narcissistic conviction that I am the best .....this guy is a true champion ❤😂
This kid was too close for comfort behind us when we were running at Vere Technical High School on the beautiful island of Jamaica; My younger cousin always defeated him, and so we knew he too had motivation and fast-twitched muscles. Hence his 3 victories are for the three counties on our prestine isle. I advocate before my death that he becomes the first President of Yawd (alias for: Jamaica) and i the mastermind for the risen throne of King Selassie to rule the Black World forevermore. Irish men need to go back being slaves to white europe and italian men must be imprisoned forever.😮
Blake's 200m was faster than Bolts before wind adjustment, and he also covered the distance faster after his start (because Bolt's reaction was faster, his overal time was also faster) so it's conceivable that the 200 record could fall (although we've hardly seen an athlete on par with Blake never mind Bolt) Nobody has ever come within a tenth of a second of his 100 time, I think that will stand until the sun explodes. To call the guy a generational talent is an unspeakable understatement - I think we've seen the marathon equivalent in Kelvin Kiptum, but I'm just sorry he never had the chance to put his world record completely out of sight for the next 100 years
@009Daft600 well yes, but being able to run 100m in under 9.6s or a marathon in under 2hrs aren't exactly selection pressures - obviously we become more efficient and we'll develop better gear and training regimes in the future, but these are narrow advantages that won't single handedly take 0.2s off your 100m or 2 minutes off your marathon - in our own lifetimes, we won't see another like Bolt or Kiptum, that's what I'm saying
@@joelmacinnes2391you dont need selective pressure. every single record in history was done with practically the same genetic makeup. the difference IS in culture, information and technology
For someone to beat his record, it would have to be someone who has his same physical make up/height/ground contact speed and turnover. Just don’t see it…the odds of finding similar characteristics and athleticism is too rare. He WILL BE the greatest of ALL time for generations, after generation, after generation
8 billion people. at least a few others will have physical potential to be able to beat him no? new training methods... new regulations (dont nitpick on regulations point)... etc. everything stands to point that at least in the time from now to the end of human history, someone will beat usain bolt's record? Well it's almost certain. No matter how you try to phrase it with pseudo science, you are statistically: exaggerating/wrong.
USA got plenty of the same type athletes but they play football or basketball, Jamaica put allot of effort in track, it's just the 10 popular sport here, surprised noa Lyle ain't playing basketball with his height it's rare American that height run track
I totally understand and get him and what he is saying. I retired from the Army at age 29 as a Heavy Combat Engineer. I'm currently one of the few black female Army construction 👷♀️🚧 veterans and I retired with two Honorable Discharges. One in National Guard and one in Army. I became a combat construction worker because of 9/11. It was the most selfless act I could think of to do to help those in NY even though I'm from MS. I'm an artist and decided to tear up my art scholarship and join the Army and put my art skills to really good use serving my country. I saw construction as another form of Art. I am currently a stay at home mother of two, who is a child of God and a Baptist homeschool teacher to them. I thank God for allowing me to serve my country and approving of my current lifestyle. I joined the Army age 19 and retired age 29. I'm 42 now. All praises sent to the Most High!!!! 🙌 🥰🙏💯
