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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

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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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Life
Timing
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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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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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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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'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
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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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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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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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I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.
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'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go.
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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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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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My life isn't interesting! It's my mom. You need to write her life and put me in it. I'm a cameo in her life.
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At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
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I'm not a coach and I know it. I'm too busy and it doesn't pay. I'm expensive. But I would always advise.
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After I left the podium in Atlanta, I felt so fulfilled in my career that I lost my desire to compete at that level again.
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You can't live your life through your children.
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