London: Fans of Usain Bolt will know that his physical talents are far from being his only asset. There is also the supreme self-belief of a man who can showboat his way through the last 30 metres of an Olympic sprint final.
Poise, audacity, arrogance — call it what you will. But it is a crucial element in the make-up of a sporting champion. And it seems to run in the family.
Usain's brother Sadiki has revealed his armour-plated conviction that he will play cricket for the West Indies one day. Having turned 24 earlier this month, Sadiki is eight months younger than Usain. (The two men share a father but have different mothers.)
This puts him up against the clock when it comes to turning a promising club career into international stardom. And yet, as Sadiki himself explains, it would only take a couple of hundreds to catapult him from Melbourne CC's first XI into the Jamaica side who have just won their fourth successive regional title.
"Nothing is too high to aim for," he said. "The sky's the limit, because the talent is there. I don't see a problem. I just need to put in some hard work.
"I went to Sydney over the winter and did some training with [former Australian seam bowler] Nathan Bracken. He believes I have got the ability to make a career."
Melbourne coach, Robert Samuels, a batsman who played six Tests for the West Indies in the mid-1990s, agrees.
"Sadiki certainly has the potential to play first-class cricket," said Samuels.
Sadiki does not resemble Usain particularly, standing an inch or so under 6ft tall.
For the past five years, the two brothers have lived together in the smart Kingston suburb of Norbrook. Sadiki reciprocates Usain's interest in cricket by joining his brother at sprint training.
"I am a morning person — I get up at 6.30am — but Usain is out of the house an hour before that. I tell him to wake me up so that I can come with him, but he doesn't always remember."
Sadiki is keen to start up a business of his own. He reckons there could be money to be made out of a Twenty20 competition.
"We don't have the resources in Jamaica; we're behind in basically everything. The only indoor nets in Kingston are at Sabina Park, so if it's raining, you can't play."
Usain may be a sprinter, but Sadiki clearly enjoys taking his time in life. If the experts in Kingston are right, he could yet follow the scenic route to success.
