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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
Sports
Energy
Running
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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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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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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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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 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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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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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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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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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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By carrying the torch, you will be bridging cultural and social barriers, and all the boundaries that separate nation from nation.
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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 wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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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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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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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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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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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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