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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.

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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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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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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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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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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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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 intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
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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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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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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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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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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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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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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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You can't live your life through your children.
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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 never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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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 wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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Channel your energy. Focus.
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