Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Trinidadian athlete Ato Boldon.
Last updated on November 13, 2024.
Ato Jabari Boldon is a Trinidadian former track and field athlete, politician, and four-time Olympic medal winner. He holds the Trinidad and Tobago national record in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events with times of 5.64, 6.49 and 19.77 seconds respectively, and also the Commonwealth Games record in the 100 m. He also held the 100m national record at 9.86s, having run it four times until Richard Thompson ran 9.85s on 13 August 2011.
My performances have finally caught up with my ego.
Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes.
This is the best thing that could've happened for the 2011 season - Bolt losing like this and having to go away.
Myself, Marion Jones and Michael Johnson all got married on the same day because it was the only point on the athletics' schedule we could fit in. October 3, 1998.
I am basically turning football players into sprinters for a while. When we first talked about it, I didn't know how my expertise could be used.
I've been way too blessed. Had too much fun, too many rewards.
It's not about 'if', it's about 'when.'
Someone 'big' will get thrown out of their Trials or at the Olympics. I would bet my house on it.
The first few weeks football players look at you like you are speaking a foreign language. My job is to get them to trust me, trust the system. I ask them to run in a way that makes no sense to them.
We are making a little portion of their brains be sprinters; they are 100 percent football players, but for these purposes, they must learn the proper way to run.
I feel like the torch has been passed to me. The question is what am I going to do with it.