Bolt: "I want to do wild things"

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By Desmond Howard
ESPN The Magazine


Howard: What does it feel like to run at a speed that no human being had ever achieved before?

Bolt: You can't really tell; it's just very smooth. But I do like to see the slo-mo. When they zoom in on the legs, the amount of time you spend in the air is like a couple of seconds -- you're flying and it looks so good. But you can't really tell how you're feeling; you're just focused on getting to the line.

When does it hit you?
When you get to the lines and you look at the clock. You keep staring at that clock and you're like, Wow.

What's going through your mind in one of those big races?
I've learned over the years that if you start thinking about the race, it stresses you out a little bit. I just try to relax and think about video games, what I'm gonna do after the race, what I'm gonna do just to chill. Stuff like that to relax a little before the race.

So you think about video games, huh? What sort of video games do you play?
Right now I'm on "Call of Duty" -- that's all we play. Black Ops .

How about during the race? What do you see? What do you hear?
The first 40 or 50 meters, I'm aware of almost everything because that's the weakest part of my race, so I always check immediately if I got a good start. Maybe after 20 meters, I check again -- trying to tell myself to keep my technique right. I look around a little bit, but I don't really hear the crowd much over 100 meters because I'm so focused.


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