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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.

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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
Wealthy
Wanted
Always

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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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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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'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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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 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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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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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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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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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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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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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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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 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 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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You can't live your life through your children.
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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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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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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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