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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

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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
Competition
Motivational
Journey
Olympian
Outcome
Outcomes
Athlete

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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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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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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'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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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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You can't live your life through your children.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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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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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
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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 never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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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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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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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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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
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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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