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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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Focus
Sports
Energy
Running

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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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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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'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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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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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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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 always separated sports and my personal life.
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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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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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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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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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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
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I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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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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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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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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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 wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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