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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
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Sports
Difficult
Things
Life
Timing
Overcoming

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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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The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.
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I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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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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Channel your energy. Focus.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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