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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
Energy
Running
Channel
Focus
Sports

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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 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 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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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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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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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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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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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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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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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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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 don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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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 work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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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 want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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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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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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