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Usain Bolt Is King of the Bold, Brash Badasses Who Have Made the 100-Meter Great

They walked under the stands together on their way to the track for an Olympic relay in Beijing. Usain Bolt and his Jamaican teammates were followed by the team from Trinidad and Tobago. And the T&T team offered Bolt a little advice, telling him not to "drop the stick." They told him how embarrassing that would be in front of the whole world, and that while he did it, "We are going to run past you."

Bolt, and I'm going on memories from 2008 here, told them that during the race, they should enjoy the view of the bottom of his shoes.