[Music] in5 yeah shoot I think y'all got the same time I really want to talk about this let's do it I'm I'm I'm I'm like I have to say so I'll never forget man 15 same year I was struggling I was struggling to get into shape I got injured I was struggling to get back into shape and no matter how much I run when I finally got good and start training it was so close I was like I'm not going to get enough races because I was in shape but I needed races to get into
race cuz he was running n97s every day bro we we we saw we saw your interview and you was like you was on I think you was on to theight show or anything and they was like Justin Gatlin is doing very well he was like yeah I don't need him to feel me until it's time yeah I'm just talking [ __ ] I'm talking [ __ ] bro like I need to I wasn't close to being ready I was so I got like two races before I was like yo this is not un coach like
we have to use the rounds to try to run our into shape and I was so focused I was like you go you just need to focus on your start if you can get your start you have a chance you have a chance you have a chance if you get your start and I remember semi-finals I was so I was thinking about that so much I stumbled out the blocks and had to chase and you had the grass and you had Trayvon in your race I had to chase them down like yeah and I when
I got to I like what are you doing bro and I remember I was talking to my agent walking back and I remember my coach as he saw me call me he like yo come here what's happening I was like coach I my start he's like yo forget the start you know what I mean you've been here too many times to be worried about your start but the fact is I know that I wasn't in the best shape I need to get myself into running [ __ ] so I'm like yo I know Justin's going
to get out and if if he gets out for me I'm definitely okay him as I said I know where I needed to be and what shape I was in and I was like yo it's crazy and I was stressed but when my coach talk to me kind of calm me down I never forget this I never forget this this is my first time and this how I know he was nervous throughout the years of competing Justin has never said anything to me before a championship never he has never said anything to me and we're
in the warm up here we're in the call room and he's like I'm here and he's like two chairs down I don't remember what he said like you said yo you ready to go I something I don't remember what he said and I looked at him like huh I was surprised because I didn't expect him to say I was like yeah yeah yeah yeah cool and then he said something else to me and I was like and I thought about ah [ __ ] he's nervous and and that help because now I know he's nervous
I'm nervous because remember I'm I a running [ __ ] all season and then he's talking to me I was like nah some nervous here because now this is the first time I've ever been in the season and I'm I'm the one doing the chasing I'm always we're always either together or he's chasing me this is the first season I'm the one chasing him you know what I mean so when he was talking to me he's nervous and that's and that's what helped me a little bit because now I'm like all right calm down if
he's nervous we're good we're both on the same playing feeld right now see if you documentary like I told you he said that in the documentary he looked and he was like oh I got him I was like I didn't I didn't say I got him but I was like yo this is good cuz if he's nervous I'm nervous this is good you know what I mean cuz if he was confident in going in you're like oh this is like his normal days I would have been in trouble I'm not there's no lie but he
was nervous right well we're good we're good that gave me a little bit more confidence going listen you know what put me in that situation I as soon as I walked into the warmup barria for the day of the finals everyone was coming to me like good luck good luck good luck and I never been you know how long it's been since I've been in the seat to where yeah you're poised to win right exactly exactly I started thinking in the War I started thinking I was like people ain't telling me this since 05 you
know what I'm saying so then I'm thinking like as I'm warming up I'm like all right all right just keep warm keep maintaining yeah and then when we got in there I was like I was like damn like it's it's foreign to me it's foreign and then that's why I was like let me check and see where B hey you ready but brother I was nervous because I knew from years of competing with him it starts going to be Immaculate you know what I mean you didn't get that good of a start that race it
was to me it was average it wasn't his normal Justin start you know why because I had to give so much in the damn semis because of Mike Rogers remember he wouldn't backed off I had to run 977 S I was like damn man yeah it's true you ran he ran you good no but but I remember in that race man when I popped like ah I was like [ __ ] I'm still in the race cuz normally you're always out there I could see you you know what I mean and then after like 50
me and you kind of went and pull away and all I'm thinking is like time this dip right just time and we're running and running and then I saw you saw losing I was like oh [ __ ] I was like time it right time it right time it right that's all I'm telling myself cuz if I started leaning early I'm G to be in trouble also I like time it right time it and I just lean at the right time when you lost it bro I was like I know yes I know cuz the
look the look in your face when you cross that Finish Line happy happy you know you saw my face yeah you looked at me was like the look in your face was like bro you had this I was like who you know had this I was like I was happy because I won but I know it was like wasn't I was just lucky it just worked out perfectly I don't know if you if we had ran through L how it would have gone yeah but I it wasn't dominant for me to say yo I got
you you know what I mean like my normal Victory now I was like I didn't even really celebrate bro I I wanted I wanted to I wanted the Finish Line to come as quick as possible bro I started I started swimming towards the Finish Line I was like please please please and you kept stepping I like yeah cuz I keep telling myself when I saw I like just time this right time this right don't lean don't leave don't don't leave now you I mean I was because I I watched you all the way to the
Finish after like 70 I was watching you CU like keep it going keep it going keep it going then I saw you start losing I was like oh [ __ ] I was like come on you go focus focus lean and I got it but I I couldn't even celebrate because it was so tight still so close I was like yo but for me bro that was the race crazy statistically and I told Justin this that's the first time in history he's ever ran slower in a semi-final than a final yeah he always Dr teed
progress progress theine and his 77 would have won that World Championships because you won with 79 which is which is crazy so it's as soon as I got back to the war barrier the first person that comes up to me is actually Mike Rogers coach D2 and he was so apologetic he was like I don't know why Mike did that I don't know why he trying to run so fast simiz man I'm sorry dog you know yeah I forgot about that though yeah I forgot about that actually I tell that I actually tell that in
a lot of speaking engagements I do now I say if I if I stay poised not worried about ego let it happen supposed to be I have been I would had energy for the finals I was like I was too focused on trying to always be fast fast like damn I get that yeah