[Music] during this time that happened this was in your absence you're watching him I remember when we started training on 02 I mean 2011 you told me all I want to do is beat Ball but you said you were sitting at a bar and you watch the Olympics not that race but where were you that when he broke the first world record and how what did that do for you like watching him do that and everything else I was I was training for football American football I was getting ready I was training to be a
wide receiver for NFL and then I got I I was actually on the field working on routes and everything when I heard that he broke the world record and I watched it like over and over again because at the end the day I was like I think that's where me have commonality is the fact of it's about competition right it's about preparing and showing your best because you know that you're going against the best so when I saw him break the world record I actually was excited I was like this dude really did did that
thing he r 97 too that's crazy you know what I'm saying and it actually motivated me I had the best practice that day but it never I had the best practice that day but I think what happened is is also it ignited a fire into me to be like do I want to stay in a sport where they look at track and field athletes as one-dimensional right like you could run fast but could you really catch could you run routes do you know plays and it actually started pulling me back towards like maybe I want
to do maybe I want to do track and field again maybe I want to get back in track again because it was never about the fact of once again breaking records or anything it was about testing myself against the best and at that point in time that what you saying he was the best I was like man like I feel like one of those drunk guys you meet in the club and probably you know this and be like man let's go outside and race right now P up you probably got that 100 million times all
the time every time you get M somebody hit you with that one all the time so F fast forward right the Olympics happened 2008 I don't know if you know you're about to make history but I mean watching you do the rounds I think the world know you're about to make history you know I mean what what was that feeling like like when you get through 75% of the race what what what made you open your arms and just happiness just happiness I think throughout my time I wanted to to um just to win an
Olympic medal it was after that first Olympics win I made a bigger decision saying you know what I would like to do this over and over again at the start it was just to win the Olympic medal you know what I mean but when you get that rush and that feeling I'm like nah I want to do this thing again you know what I mean but initial I was just happy you know what I mean because you train this is the hardest time of train and remember last year I missed I missed it and in
my mind I was ready so the fact that I won was just mind I was just happy I didn't I didn't care when I saw I was going to win out you know I mean exactly I was just happy I didn't know what to do it wasn't like cuz initially people were saying oh it's disrespectful to the point where I felt bad I was like did I really disrespect these guys I never wanted so I went to a few of them at the time who I was cool I was like yo are we are we
good and they go bro if we won that far I would have celebrated you know that's what he that's what they said you know bro if we did the same I was celebrating always and one of the funny one of the funniest jokes um it was dicks at the time I'll never forget I find the story so funny you ran you ran the semi-finals together and I ran like 98 and I remember he came second I think and when we were walking when we were walking in he said to me yo they ain't gonna be
no jogging in the finals they a gonna be no joging in the finals walk past me you know what I mean I'm looking at him like what you know what I mean but it was funny because then I no disrespect to him but I wasn't worried about him yeah for me all it was was I need to catch assafa because assafa was the one that was with I was like bro not worried about you because a SAA if a SAA gets it right if he puts it together puts it together you're in problems you know
what I mean so for me that was the only first I was worried about in that race at that time because I know like SAA can get this done you know what I mean and if you clear that 65 70 Mark and you out there by yourself exactly you good yeah I'm good I know I know if I'm if I'm there in the race at 50 I'm going to win I know that much because I know top and is that good you know what I mean yeah yeah so I was never worried about running I
always know I was for you I watched you throughout the season I was like all right all right I know if I know where mat in a race if he gets there if he's that far I'm I'm in a lot of problems I can tell when he gets to a certain distance at the start if I'm not close enough I can tell yeah he's going to get me today your race strategy was to know where everyone at was to get my start right you know I mean that was my biggest issue cuz in the season
I could tell where I'm at in the season and how good my top end is so I know if if you get a good start on me I was like here we go today I know it's going to be hell it's gonna be hard to catch you because it's not like you you you decelerate you don't you know you don't you know what I mean and that's one of those things so I know my competitor so I know like oh it's going to get me today
