The markings on the bottom of the pool, he didn't know where the end of the pool was and he got to the point where he needed the final push and it just felt habitually like he needed to give it three more strokes, that's what he did, he tapped the wall exactly right and looked at the clock and set a world record by relying on this innate instinct of the habits he had developed over years and years. >> a lot of people talk about this, that at the very highest level, the athletes are all physically in great shape, they all have the talent, but it's the mental game that separates you. so that in ...