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Cricketers' Hard Work Inspired Me Growing Up, Says Usain Bolt On Visit To Mumbai
Jamnabai Narsee Campus: A big fan of football who even trained with the Manchester United squad and attempted to play professionally in 2017, multiple-times Olympic gold medallist and world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has revealed that the hard work put in by cricketers has inspired him to excel in his chosen field, athletics.
Bolt, who still holds the World Record in the Men's 100m World Record of 9.58 seconds and the 200m mark of 19.19 seconds, and who has bagged eight gold medals in the Olympics and 11 top-podium finishes in World Championships, said he is a huge fan of cricket growing up..
"For me, I was a huge cricket fan growing up. So, I watched cricket growing up. Watching all the talent of the cricketers growing up and the way they worked and the way they pushed themselves and the way they carried themselves was something that inspired me at a young age to work hard and to be the best that I could be," said the Jamaican in a "Fireside chat" at the Jamnabai Narsee Campus here on Friday.
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