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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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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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My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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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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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 always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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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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I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.
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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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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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Channel your energy. Focus.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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You can't live your life through your children.
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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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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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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 a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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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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