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I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.

Carl Lewis

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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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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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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 wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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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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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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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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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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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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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 always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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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 enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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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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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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My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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