Olympic World Record Breaking Sprinter Falls Short of Olympic Motto

Competition is all good!  It amazes me how close some of these athletes are.  A fingernail seperates 8 swimmers?!

I saw that....I love what Walter Payton did....he said "act as if you've scored a touchdown before."  Bolton should act as if he's one before.

Tim, If this were a baseball game, he would take a fastball in the ribs the next time.  Of course, even when the power hitter stands at home plate, admiring the ball as it sales over the left field wall, "showing up the pitcher," the hit none-the-less is a home-run and an admirable feat.  I read yesterady and Jadon Kidd did a similar thing in a recent basketball game and the sports writer was speculating that an opposing team member may pay him back later in the tournament.  Karma baby!

Tim,

Skill is 'the Absence of Wastefull effort.' Bolt's goal was to win Jamacia's 1st ever Gold Medal. He achieved this perfectly.

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."

As an Industry we would be best served learning the lesson of achieving our goals rather than using the excuse of we did our best. You would not care to watch the future, again, so many agents do not and this is why 20% generate 80% of the business. When will we learn to Struggle to our goals rather than just give up.

He did not coast he achieved his goal, his time will come to leave nothing on the field, now is Lance Armstrong not a true champion because he did not win every stage of his Tour De France's???

The Olympics and Sport can teach us many things and can only be truly understood by those who compete, the time to let it all out is when he has to and when it is his goal.

He was faster higher stronger and a true olympian. Like an iceberg what you saw was just the tip, a lifetime of preperation for 9.69 seconds but how the crowd still want more.

He did not fall short you did not understand that he fullfilled his goal and that of the olympic movement, He took part, won and broke the world record.

Yeah I see what you are saying Tim it is clear that he did not push himself all the way to the end which in away is a shame, it leaves you wondering how fast he could have been. 

Tim:

Thanks for your thoughtful blog article about OLYMPICS Beijing 2008, the OLYMPICS motto, and whether some athletes lived up to that.  I agree and will not celebrate for Usain Bolt the sprinter. Otherwise, I congratulate most of the athletes who prepared and gave it their best.

Harrison K. Long, Explore Properties Group, Irvine, CA

Tim,

These athletes have 4 to 6 qualifying races in 2 days just for the 100m, they then do the same again for the 200m. Then they do it again for the 100m & 200m relays. That is almost 15 races in a 4-5day period. Red lining all the way leads to injury, consitiency is key. When Coubertain re-intorduced the Modern olympics he never had in mind athletes competing in multple events.

if you follow your theory Michael Phelps should be at fault for not setting world records in all of his heats and finals. He had to pace himself just like Bolt in order to win the 8 golds. The ancient Greeks winning was everything as they honored theirs God's and Villages with that honor.

Foe Anyone who has expeirenced this level of competition winning is everything and to live to win again is the goal. A lifetime of preperation an athlete deserves to bask in glory, everyone had the same oppurtunity and failed.

We already have a new Milenium genertion who have been brought up thinking  that they come first , everyone is a winner,want to earn a living only on their own terms, which means having a flippant attitude towards management, rules and corporate structure.

It is becuase we hide from nature "the Strongest survives" and the fact that you have to work to earn you place. When we do win we look for excuses. Our kids need to learn this lesson, try as hard as you can one thing at a time but if you have several tasks make sure you complete them fully with the goal in mind. For Bolt it was to win every event he entered I think we will watch him accomplish this.