Well I am sure everyone has heard about Bolt's 100m new world record of 9.58s and his 200m new world record of 19.19s in the Berlin Games. Ask me if he is my idol, my answer: NO. Surprised?
Usian Bolt is an exceptional talent. He can beat other runners by a full 10m. Everything about him is perfect except one thing. His pride. I do not like proud people. Just look at him before his race, doing all sorts of funny actions like checking his hair and shave. I mean come on! You are having a race and you check your shave? Also when he wins the race, he does his trademark pose with both his hands pointing to the sky. He should congraluate the other runners on having run a good race. You don't see the other runners doing all sorts of weird actions. They shake hands and congraluate each other.
Maybe he is too happy and wants to express his emotions which is also not wrong. However, how do you think the other runners should feel after losing to him by just a fraction of a second and there he goes around showing off just because he is the best and just because he is Usian Bolt.
To all the Bolt fans out there I beg you to forgive me. However, I must say that Bolt is too arrogant for his own good. One must be humble in order to excel. But at least there is something we should all learn from him. Usain is an extremely hardworking man who does not cease in reaching his goals.
Please give your views.
Puma, his sponsor, LOVES him. The article in Stratits Times equated his actions to his happy-go-lucky Jamaican background. I'm not defending him, just passing along what I read this morning.
ReplyDeletePuma does indeed love him. They have made the right decision in choosing him as he is now currently the fastest man the world has ever seen. Happy-go-lucky seems quite a nice attitude to have as we can enjoy life and just take a step at a time. However, in HCI that seems quite impossible with the many deadlines to meet.
ReplyDeleteHaha. I don't really like Bolt as well. He's a total snob.
ReplyDeleteAlston, what is your definition of a snob? He can be called conceited, egotistical, "full of himself," but where does snob work into the equation. He's fast, but a little over the top after he wins. But snobbish?
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