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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.

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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Track
Field
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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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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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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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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'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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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 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'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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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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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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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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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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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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My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
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