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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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Carl Lewis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 1
Athletics Competitor
Long Jumper
Poet
Sprinter
Track And Field Athlete
Birmingham
Alabama
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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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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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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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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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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 don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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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 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'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 never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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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 separated sports and my personal life.
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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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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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