Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
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
Play
Parts
Cameos
Walking
Carl
Actor
Lewis
Becoming
Screen
Serious
Screens
Stage
Dramatic
Taken
Athlete
Actors
Seriously
Cameo
More quotes by Carl Lewis
By carrying the torch, you will be bridging cultural and social barriers, and all the boundaries that separate nation from nation.
Carl Lewis
Channel your energy. Focus.
Carl Lewis
I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
Carl Lewis
I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
Carl Lewis
I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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.
Carl Lewis
Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
Carl Lewis
'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.
Carl Lewis
I always separated sports and my personal life.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
Carl Lewis
I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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
Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
Carl Lewis
I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis