Quote of the day by Usain Bolt: “I stopped worrying about the start. The end is…”

Quote
of
the
day
by
Usai
Bolt
(AP
photo)

A
st o g
begi i g
ca
build
ge ui e
co fide ce,
but
it
a ely
decides
o
its
ow
whe e
a
pe so
actually
e ds
up
fi ishi g.

Usai
Bolt
said
exactly
this,
i
his
ow
wo ds,
mome ts
afte
wi i g
the
100
met es
fi al
at
the
Lo do
2012
Olympics
i
a
Olympic
eco d
time
of
9.63
seco ds.
“I
stopped
wo yi g
about
the
sta t,”
Bolt
told
epo te s.
“The
e d
is
what’s
impo ta t.”
Fo
Bolt,
the
wo ds
had
a
ve y
specific
mea i g
tied
di ectly
to
his
ow
spo t.
His
sta ts
out
of
the
blocks
we e
eve
eally
co side ed
his
g eatest
st e gth,
a d
both
he
a d
his
ow
coach
k ew
it,
yet
he
built
a
ext ao di a y
ability
to
accele ate
th ough
the
middle
of
a
ace
a d
completely
domi ate
its
closi g
stages
i stead.
The
b oade
lesso
u de eath
all
of
this,
though,
eaches
a
good
deal
fu the
tha
athletics,
i to
p etty
much
a y
a ea
of
life
whe e
the
begi i g
of
somethi g
looks
othi g
like
its
eve tual
e di g.

Quote
of
the
day
by
Usai
Bolt

“I
stopped
wo yi g
about
the
sta t.
The
e d
is
what’s
impo ta t”

Why
Bolt
actually
said
this,
a d
what
his
ow
coach
told
him

This
quote
was
eve
simply
a
ice
thi g
to
say
afte
a
big
wi .
It
eflected
somethi g
Bolt
had
ge ui ely
wo ked
th ough
with
his
ow
coach,
Gle
Mills,
ac oss
yea s
of
t ai i g.
At
o e
poi t,
afte
a
oticeably
slow
sta t
cost
him
at
a
p evious
Wo ld
Champio ships,
Bolt
admitted
ope ly
that
he
eeded
to
fix
his
tech ique
out
of
the
blocks,
sayi g
he
isked
fi ishi g
o ly
fifth
if
he
kept
sta ti g
the
way
he
had
bee .

His
coach’s
espo se
was
ef eshi gly
di ect.
Mills
told
him
plai ly
that
he
simply
was
ot
a
good
sta te ,
a d
that
his
e e gy
was
bette
spe t
focusi g
o
his
u i g
i stead
of
e dlessly
chasi g
a
flawless
sta t
he
was
eve
likely
to
have.
That
advice
clea ly
stuck,
because
Bolt
kept
etu i g
to
the
same
idea
ac oss
multiple
majo
aces
a d
i te views
fo
yea s
afte wa ds.

What
the
quote
actually
mea s

The
quote
is
eally
about
efusi g
to
let
a
impe fect
begi i g
quietly
hijack
you
atte tio
away
f om
the
actual
goal.
People
ca
become
ge ui ely
fixated
o
how
they
sta ted
somethi g.
A
poo
fi st
attempt,
a
ea ly
setback,
o
simply
bei g
behi d
eve yo e
else
ea ly
o
ca
c eate
the
st o g
imp essio
that
success
is
al eady
out
of
each
befo e
the
eal
wo k
has
eve
p ope ly
begu .
Bolt’s
wo ds
suggest
a
co side ably
mo e
useful
app oach
i stead.
Rathe
tha
co sta tly
dwelli g
o
the
begi i g,
the
fa
mo e
p oductive
questio
is
what
you
ca
actually
do
f om
this
exact
poi t
o wa ds.
The
fi al
outcome,
i
almost
eve y
case,
ca
still
ge ui ely
cha ge.

Why
the
begi i g
a ely
decides
the
outcome
o
its
ow

A
ea ly
disadva tage
does
ot
have
to
become
a
pe ma e t
o e,
howeve
discou agi g
it
might
feel
i
the
mome t
it
happe s.
Someo e
might
sta t
a
b a d
ew
job
without
a ythi g
like
the
expe ie ce
thei
colleagues
al eady
have.
A
stude t
might
ge ui ely
st uggle
th ough
the
fi st
few
lesso s
of
a
subject
befo e
thi gs
eve tually
click
i to
place.
A
e t ep e eu
might
spe d
seve al
ge ui ely
difficult
yea s
buildi g
a
busi ess
befo e
a y
eal
g owth
becomes
visible
at
all.
The
sta ti g
positio
tells
you
somethi g
eal
about
the
co text
you
a e
wo ki g
withi ,
but
it
was
eve
actually
the
same
thi g
as
the
desti atio
itself.
What
happe s
i
the
co side ably
lo ge
st etch
betwee
the
begi i g
a d
the
e d
te ds
to
matte
fa
mo e
tha
eithe
poi t
alo e.How
Bolt
tu ed
his
ow
weak ess
i to
a
eal
st ategic
adva tageBolt
became
k ow
specifically
fo
his
ext ao di a y
accele atio
a d
his
ability
to
ge ui ely
take
ove
a
ace
th ough
its
middle
a d
closi g
stages.
Rathe
tha
letti g
eal
a xiety
about
his
sta t
domi ate
his
ow
thi ki g
befo e
eve y
si gle
ace,
he
co sciously
chose
to
focus
his
e e gy
o
the
pa t
of
the
ace
whe e
he
could
actually
c eate
the
biggest
adva tage
fo
himself.
That
is
a
ge ui ely
impo ta t
p i ciple
i
a y
competitive
situatio
wo th
taki g
se iously,
ide tifyi g
exactly
whe e
you
a e
st o gest,
a d
the
delibe ately
co ce t ati g
you
effo t
the e
i stead
of
sp eadi g
it
thi
t yi g
to
fix
eve y
si gle
weak ess
at
o ce.
You
ca ot
always
co t ol
p ecisely
how
you
begi
somethi g.
You
ca ,
fa
mo e
ofte
tha
you
thi k,
co t ol
how
you
actually
espo d
to
it
afte wa ds.

Why
co sta tly
wo yi g
about
a
shaky
sta t
ca
ge ui ely
hold
you
back

Spe di g
eal
e e gy
thi ki g
about
a
impe fect
begi i g
te ds
to
co sume
exactly
the
e e gy
you
would
othe wise
use
to
actually
imp ove
you
positio .
If
someo e
keeps
epeati g
to
themselves
that
they
a e
al eady
behi d,
they
ca
become
quietly
discou aged
befo e
they
have
eve
had
a
p ope
cha ce
to
catch
up
at
all.
A
co side ably
mo e
useful
questio
to
sit
with
i stead
is
simply
what
you
ca
actually
do
ight
ow
to
imp ove
the
fi al
esult.
That
small
shift
moves
you
atte tio
fi mly
away
f om
eg et
ove
what
al eady
happe ed,
a d
towa ds
ge ui e
actio
o
what
happe s
ext.

Why
keepi g
the
e d
goal
fi mly
i
view
makes
setbacks
easie
to
ha dle

Havi g
a
ge ui ely
clea
desti atio
i
mi d
te ds
to
make
tempo a y
setbacks
alo g
the
way
co side ably
easie
to
actually
live
with.
If
the
eal
goal
is
fi ishi g
a
p oject
successfully,
a
impe fect
ea ly
d aft
was
eve
p oof
the
whole
p oject
has
failed.
If
the
goal
is
developi g
a
ge ui e
skill
ove
time,
ea ly
mistakes
we e
always
simply
pa t
of
that
p ocess
athe
tha
evide ce
agai st
it.
The
fi al
objective
gives
you
a
eal
easo
to
keep
imp ovi g,
eve
du i g
the
st etch
whe
the
begi i g
clea ly
has
ot
go e
a ywhe e
ea
acco di g
to
pla .

Why
a
slow
sta t
ca
still
ge ui ely
teach
you
somethi g
useful

A
impe fect
begi i g
ca
sometimes
eveal
a
eal
weak ess
that
actually
eeded
atte tio
all
alo g.
A
poo
fi st
attempt
at
a ythi g
might
show
you
that
you
ge ui ely
eed
mo e
p epa atio ,
a
diffe e t
st ategy
e ti ely,
o
simply
mo e
p actice
tha
you
o igi ally
assumed.
Rathe
tha
t eati g
that
ea ly
expe ie ce
as
some
ki d
of
fi al
ve dict
o
you
ability,
it
ca
i stead
become
useful
i fo matio
you
actually
act
o .
Real
p og ess
ve y
ofte
comes
p ecisely
f om
the
adjustme ts
made
somewhe e
betwee
that
shaky
fi st
attempt
a d
the
co side ably
st o ge
fi al
esult.

Othe
famous
quotes
by
Usai
Bolt

Why
this
quote
is
still
eleva t
today

It
is
ge ui ely
easy
to
believe
that
the
ve y
fi st
step
somehow
decides
the
e ti e
jou ey
ahead
of
you.
A
ough
begi i g
ca
c eate
eal
doubt,
while
watchi g
someo e
else
get
off
to
a
faste
sta t
ca
make
you
feel
as
though
you
a e
al eady
hopelessly
behi d
befo e
you
have
eve
p ope ly
begu .
Life,
though,
a ely
actually
wo ks
like
a
si gle
decisive
mome t.
The e
is
ve y
ofte
still
time
left
to
lea ,
adjust
a d
ge ui ely
imp ove.
The
pe so
who
sta ts
with
a
clea
ea ly
adva tage
ca
still
lose
it
alo g
the
way,
while
someo e
who
begi s
slowly
a d
awkwa dly
ca
absolutely
catch
up
give
e ough
time
a d
the
ight
focus.
Bolt’s
message
is
eally
a
simple
o e
u de eath
all
of
it,
do
ot
let
the
begi i g
co sume
you
whole
atte tio
while
the e
is
still
the
est
of
the
actual
ace
left
to
u .

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