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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

Carl Lewis

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Carl Lewis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 1
Athletics Competitor
Long Jumper
Poet
Sprinter
Track And Field Athlete
Birmingham
Alabama
Frederick Carlton Carl Lewis
Sports
Difficult
Things
Life
Timing
Overcoming
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I'm very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete. I want to go on stage or screen and be taken seriously.
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To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.
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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
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You can't live your life through your children.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.
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You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.
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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a really emotional person and it helped make me a better person.
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I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
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I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.
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I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.
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I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
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