Usain Bolt first took the Olympics by storm in 2008 at the Summer Games in Beijing, China. That year, the Jamaican sprinter won gold medals in both the 100m and 200m sprint.

But the now-retired track phenom says that it wasn’t until a few “disappointing” performances in 2007 that he dug deep to find the motivation to improve.

In this July 2021 interview, Bolt talks about his metamorphosis from a pretty good sprinter to the best in the world.

Read the full Forbes.com interview here.

Just before the New Year I got to speak with super Olympian swimmer Katie Ledecky. She talked about what’s next for her career as a swimmer. Yet, it’s not surprising that she’s gunning for more gold medals when the Tokyo Olympics take place, tentatively later this year.

In an interview with Andy Frye, Ledecky talked about her years of work that led up to two Olympic Games and her five gold medals. She also said that it’s her work regimen over years that puts her at the top level.

“It’s not just showing up every four years on a couple days. It’s literally every day within those four years, and all the years that lead up to that moment.”

But Katie also said that her ability to be coachable and “have a bad practice” and learn from it is what makes her so go.

Read the full Forbes.com interview here.

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