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Belmont and Belcourt Biographies. Lebron James and Kevin Durant. Decent book from a rather arrogant author. Jul 06, Kenri Tops rated it it was amazing. Dec 28, Abhilash Ruhela rated it it was amazing. Usain Bolt's autobiography named "Faster than Lightning" is another biography by a sportsman that I loved after Brett Lee's. They have some amazing names in their autobiography section and I am happy that I picked up this book initially to start with. According to my mem "Believe me, my time isn't up just yet"- That's how one of the epic autobiographies has just ended.
According to my memory, this is the 3rd book from HarperCollins that I have read and I have liked almost all of them till now. Surely, a publisher I will look forward every time I am ordering books online. More than authors, its time we start looking up at which publisher has published a specific book.
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Because authors can lose their form in one or two but publisher always maintain their quality. Even the publishing quality of HarperCollins is wonderful; their book can stay intact for years. The fastest man on the planet, not just now but ever, Usain has won the hearts of people everywhere with his mind-blowing performances and his infectious charisma uniting supporters around the world. Full of the charm and charisma that has made him the most popular sporting figure of our time and a universal celebrity, this is a book that Usain's millions of fans will love.
He is the first man to hold both the metres and metres world records since Along with his team-mates, he also set the world record in the 4 x metres relay. He is the reigning Olympic champion in these three events, the first man to win 6 Olympic gold medals in sprinting and a five time World champion. He was the first to achieve a 'double double' by winning m and m titles at consecutive Olympics and and topped this through the first "double triple" including 4xm relays.
His record breaking margin for m, from 9. Coming to the review, I must say that this has been one of the best autobiographies of all time. The best thing is that Usain didn't try to show that he is someone who sees his records as another number or time but he acknowledges each and every success that he has achieved.
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The way he has described each and every victory of his shows how much he is enjoying the grand success that he has achieved. He even clears in the 2nd half of the book that he doesn't know even the history of athletics down s or even 90s. This honesty has worked out quite well with this novel. He even calls himself "Living Legend" and "Legend" most of the times which pissed me off because we know it buddy and that is why we are purchasing your book to know how you became a phenomenon in this sports and in Olympics but that's what shows the honesty he has shown while scripting his life.
The best part has been that Usain Bolt shows he's a normal arrogant guy and no born legend. He also keeps stating that he won his initial matches just on the raw talent and speed he had. It was only after his coach started pissing him off by asking to train regularly that he became physically and technically strong regarding the game. It has been fun reading about his initial successes.
I also loved the way Bolt's father disciplined him and made him a down-to-earth man. After he loses one of the races, I loved the way he knocked his coach's door late night and asked him what was happening wrong with him. His narration and story-telling skill of breaking record and running meters in just 9. His rivaly with competitors at different levels is also wonderfully talked off. His high regards for Blake, the fellow Jamaican and later on, hating him for a moment is another beautiful part of this book. His love for his coach is also clearly visible in this book.
He even stated that he initially raced for money it was later that he started doing it for himself and others. Well, I should stop here or else I'll end up reviewing each and every sentence of the book because it's totally fun. I would give this book rating of 4. May 31, Diego Calderon rated it it was amazing.
My name is Diego Calderon and i chose 5 stars for this book called Faster than Lightning because it is a deep story and also very inspirational. I enjoy reading about amazing athletes an Usain Bolt is one of my favorite athletes. Reading about he's career and he's very detailed life and accomplishments was very touching for me. Usain Bolt is an athlete My name is Diego Calderon and i chose 5 stars for this book called Faster than Lightning because it is a deep story and also very inspirational.
Usain Bolt is an athlete who works so hard every day and had to give up some things and leave some things behind but that is what lead him to were he is right now. I recommend this book to people who want to push themselves and succeed in life, specially athletes. For athletes who dedicate every day and push there selves harder every day and sacrifice things in order to be the best, this book is the best one you can read.
Desire is the key to success. When I wake up I set my goals for the day, my times for training and the time I need to beet, I put it in my head and in training I put everything I got no matter how tired I am I push myself to my limits. Wanting to to things is what leads you to success, if you are not passionate and dedicated into what you are doing you are never going to reach you maximum. Usain Bolt es uno de mis atletas favoritos.
Mi cita favorita de este libro es "Hay que fijarse objetivos para que pueda uno empujarse mas dificil". Palataan alakouluun ja Usainin alkuinnostukseen. Alkoi tehokkaampi valmennus, joka johti nuorten maailmanmestaruuteen Jun 29, Karthik V rated it it was amazing Shelves: This was actually the second autobiography that I was reading, after the one by Sir Alex Ferguson.
And while that was a good book, this one really exceeded my expectations completely. Usain Bolt really does have a flair for writing, not in putting together huge sentences or in making the use of an extensive vocabulary, but in simply managing to put all his feelings into words. His stories seem sincere and from the heart and get quite engrossing. If you have an idea of his achievements in athleti This was actually the second autobiography that I was reading, after the one by Sir Alex Ferguson.
If you have an idea of his achievements in athletic history, then this book provides you an insider's view of what was probably running through his mind at the very time that he was creating world records and winning gold medals at the highest level. Bolt comes across as frank and open, not wanting to beat around the bush or mince any words. He tells things as they are - for instance, when talking about his humble beginnings or about how he used to get disciplined by his father. He also does not fail to mention his flaws such as his habitual clubbing and partying and also his fondness for junk food chicken nuggets in particular which is what he supposedly ate before the world record breaking performances in Beijing.
He shows no hesitation in clearing out a lot of accusations that have been made against him and I'm sure that the reader will appreciate the candid nature of his writing. While I do not want to mention the contents of the book explicitly, it is worthwhile to note the way in which he talks about his relationships to people. He talks about them quite openly, be it his Coach who always gives him a hard time, or his Jamaican partner Blake who he felt disrespected him, or his rivals Gay and Gatlin. The book provides an in depth focus on how he thinks before and after a run and the motivations that keep him going.
He gives pointers on what one must focus on and how not to let the small things affect your game. But even better, is when he describes some of the major races that he's been a part of like the Olympics in Beijing and London - he absolutely drags the entire story out and it feels almost impossible for a person to have so many thoughts during a sub-ten second sprint, but going by his words, it seems entirely possible.
They may seem only a few seconds on YouTube, but they go on for an eternity on paper. And boy, are they descriptive! You get sucked into the story, to almost such an extent that you can hear the cheers of the crowd, the thuds of the spikes and the grunts of the athletes themselves. The book is a great way to learn about the life and times of one of the greatest track and field athletes the world has ever seen and accurately summarizes his life from his childhood, all the way to the championships in Moscow, I hope he writes an extension once he's done with athletics, possibly after the Rio Olympics.
I for one, will definitely look forward for that. Sep 27, Jack rated it it was amazing. This book was an amazing book, to anyone who wants to know what Usain Bolt had to endure his whole life I highly recommend reading this book. In the beginning of the book it talks about how in Usain Bolt almost got into a car crash and the car flipped over 3 times and he got out without a scratch.
To Usain Bolt he got the message that god was keeping him alive for a purpose, therefore he started training harder than ever.
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The beginning of Usain Bolt's running career started when he lived in This book was an amazing book, to anyone who wants to know what Usain Bolt had to endure his whole life I highly recommend reading this book. The beginning of Usain Bolt's running career started when he lived in a rural village in Jamaica where people had to fetch water by hand, Usain Bolt had to fetch 40 buckets of water a day and walk about one mile for each bucket of water which resulted in about walking 40 miles a day.
Since Usain Bolt was lazy he decided that he wanted to take a shortcut and instead of carrying one bucket he carried two buckets, one in each hand. The book talks about how hard it was every day when Usain Bolt had to walk and carry water, but when Usain Bolt thought he was getting a shortcut, what he didn't know was that he was developing natural muscles in doing this. When Usain Bolt was in middle school there was a person he could never beat, his name was Ricardo.
Because Usain Bolt is so tall it gave him a disadvantage at takeoff during running meters. Usain Bolt could never beat Ricardo, but one day a coach told Usain Bolt he would give him a lunch box, which included chicken, rice, beans, fruit, and many other things that his family couldn't afford. With this motivation, Usain Bolt tried as hard as he could and ended up beating Ricardo and became the school's fastest kid.
This success let Usain Bolt discover his talent in running, soon after he started competing in competitions as a hobby, but never took training very seriously. From then on Usain Bolt started taking training super seriously and from then on Usain Bolt started breaking many records for sprinting. Even though Usain Bolt suffered many setbacks the truly amazing thing about Usain Bolt is that he took losing as a learning experience and did not feel discouraged but rather motivated.
It is the spirit and the passion for sprinting that got Usain Bolt to the place he is today. This book is inspiring because it explains that it doesn't matter how rich or poor or talented or unlucky as long as you are willing to put in more effort than everyone else you can do anything.
Sports and athletics lovers or fans of Usain Bolt. Let me start by saying that I've never thought much to books written by people that are still alive today. I always thought it was pointless, their life isn't over yet so the story isn't over. I'm glad to say this book proved me wrong. The main reason I bought this book is because I've recently started jogging with my mum, I wanted an insider's view on running, all the pro's and con's. I thought, "what would be a better place to start than the world's best?
This book is tru Let me start by saying that I've never thought much to books written by people that are still alive today. This book is truly inspirational; from his modest upbringing with a devoted mother and strict father, to when he became the best. His father always told him manners are the most important thing to have and that's stuck with him throughout his life. This is his story, telling us his personal motivations for running. Did you know his first prize incentive was for a packed lunch?
His next was quite selflessly to earn enough money to buy his mother a washing machine and his dad a new car. It really did amaze me how simple his first motivations were. I just assumed that he knew he was good from a young age and just went for it, but that's not true - he nearly went into cricket! Could you imagine a world were our famous Bolt was a cricketer instead? This book is full of life lessons and tough learning curves. He tells us where he went wrong, how he still managed to get gold even with a spinal condition.
As I said, inspirational! This book has really changed my view on pro athletes, their hardships and injuries. If you're interested in the struggles an Olympic champion has to go through to earn their place, read this book. It's simply a must! If you'd like to read more of my reviews, please visit my blog: Sep 08, Ell Eastwood rated it liked it Shelves: Brother gave me this to read, because it's not something I'd normally pick up. I mean, I think Bolt is cool and am as amazed by his athletic feats as anyone, but I can't say I've ever felt any reason to get to know behind the amazing runs better.
But I thought it was a solid book. The blurb tries to play up some hardships from Bolt's life, all "oh it hasn't always been easy, I've suffered injuries and I was in a car crash once", which fell flat if you ask me. The car crash sounded horrible, but t Brother gave me this to read, because it's not something I'd normally pick up. The car crash sounded horrible, but the only one who got seriously hurt as a friend of his, and we never see her again after the one chapter that sorta deals with the accident.
A throw-away line mentions her making a full recovery, then it's focused more on Bolt's foot injuries.
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I'm sure that was a traumatic experience that affected him a lot, but it doesn't come off like that in the book. And it didn't have to, I thought the book was interesting enough on it's own. I don't know, it's something special to get inside the head of someone who was broken several world records and won six olympic medals. Reading about his approach to work-outs and what is going through his had before he runs WAS enough to keep me reading. In a way I feel maybe it was written too early. I saw on wikipedia that Bolt has announced that he'll retire din , which makes sense since he'll be over 30 then and can't reasonably be expected to keep running the way he has done so far, but why publish the book while he might still be able to perform well, when things could still happen?
Though, for someone who hates losing as much as he does, maybe writing a biography that ends with him on top was the only way. May 21, Nandini Goel rated it it was amazing.
Challenges, if dealt in the right spirit can lead you to success. Bolt suffered from scoliosis but even with such a severe medical condition, he managed to become the fastest man on earth and holds the world record for m, m and 4xm Relay. This book speaks about the life of a sport "Faster than Lightening" by Usain Bolt instills the killer winning spirit in the aspiring athlete and inspires him to give his personal best despite the challenging situations which he faces in his career.
This book speaks about the life of a sportsman and how first position is what matters the most for an athlete. This book also illustrates the "slacking off" attitude of athletes which is the worst enemy of an athlete. You need to sweat and get the best out of your time. While practicing, we must compete with our own selves and must try to give our personal best.
The athlete must listen to his trainer and it may take long for him to be perfect but patience and obedience are the key to success. Mr Bolt follows a mantra that if I have defeated you in a big meet, I can defeat you in any meet. Each one of us must follow this mantra to boost our moral up.
Or we can create our own mantra which can help us in time of need. A perfect start and a perfect posture are also the demand of the game. No one is perfect and to strive for perfection must be the ultimate goal of each athlete. Indeed an inspiring book. Jun 02, Da rated it liked it. This is a good read. Easy English, almost like a long interview so it turned out to be a real fast read for me.
There is no doubt Bolt is the best in business today and it will be great if he goes on to defend his titles in Olympics. But my reading has been clouded with the fact that I felt let down after what happened with athletes like Lance. So I am erring on the side of caution and not idolizing Bolt yet.
There is nothing that can take away the work ethic and the hundreds of hours an at This is a good read. There is nothing that can take away the work ethic and the hundreds of hours an athlete at that level puts in. It's extremely humbling to look at the grind that these guys go through for a race that lasts 10 seconds.
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I am reminded of Rocky 2 where Rocky's coach tells him that to last 45 minutes he has to train for 45 thousand minutes. For that 10 second burst, an athlete working on every muscle in his body is unbelievable. No critic can take away that. But it is those few bad apples, who also worked hard but resorted to drug help to get the edge, that casts doubt on true athletes. And no fan would know the full truth. So at this point of time, I am totally in awe of what Bolt has achieved, but stopping just short of truly embracing Bolt's legacy.
Jun 05, NoahB is currently reading it. This book is a very interesting book. There is so much to learn about Usain. He lived in such a bad house but that didn't stop him from loving his family. He has a signature winning celebration that everyone all around the world wants to see him do it when he wins. He has won 1oom gold medal at the past 2 olympics and hoping to make it three in The Jamaica relay time broke the world record in the olympics while also winning gold. I am really enjoying reading this book and I would reco This book is a very interesting book.
I am really enjoying reading this book and I would recommend it to everyone because it is a great book! This book is very interesting. I love reading every bit of this book. It really inspires me and it shows anyone can do anything. It Shows what he has been through and his achievements of coming this far.
He is a very committed person. He shows great character and showing that he never gives up. He always puts his all into everything which really makes me want to be like him. He inspires me a lot! He is very inspirational and I hope I can follow in his footsteps and believe in everything and that I should believe I can do anything.
Sep 02, Matt Payne rated it really liked it. Although a few years old now, a really great insight into where Usain came from and how he became the best sprinter in the world. He doesn't shy away from how he developed and his insight into how it felt to be a World and Olympic Champion and world record holder was tremendous.
He does have a fair amount of chutzpah and asserts his confidence throughout the course of the book, however its done in a way that you don't for a minute think that he is a complete egomaniac - more so someone that's bec Although a few years old now, a really great insight into where Usain came from and how he became the best sprinter in the world. He does have a fair amount of chutzpah and asserts his confidence throughout the course of the book, however its done in a way that you don't for a minute think that he is a complete egomaniac - more so someone that's become comfortable in their skin.
The way that the narrative develops from when he was a kid illustrates that as well. It's simply written and appeals to a broad spectrum from teens looking for an inspiration to older readers looking for an insight into one of the all time sporting greats. I really enjoyed it, grab it here and let me know your thoughts.
Oct 25, Ravinder rated it really liked it. A light read given the first person account. Seems to me that Usain wants people to acknowledge his 'humility' That he is competitive, and extremely so at that, is quite clear from his performances over the years. His large ego feeds on all the adulation, but if he wants to know what it is to handle that respectfully, he could take some lessons from other top sportsmen.
One message that the book delivers very well is about how even a supremely gif A light read given the first person account. One message that the book delivers very well is about how even a supremely gifted athlete like him has had to work hard for many years to not only get to where he has, but to stay there