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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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
Businessman
Appearance
Actor
Actors
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Make
Appearances
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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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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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I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
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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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By carrying the torch, you will be bridging cultural and social barriers, and all the boundaries that separate nation from nation.
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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.
Carl Lewis
I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
Carl Lewis
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 always separated sports and my personal life.
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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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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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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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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 best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
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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.
Carl Lewis
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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