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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
Timing
Overcoming
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Life

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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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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 always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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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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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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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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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
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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 never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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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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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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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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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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