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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.
Carl Lewis
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Carl Lewis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 1
Athletics Competitor
Long Jumper
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Track And Field Athlete
Birmingham
Alabama
Frederick Carlton Carl Lewis
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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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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'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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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 separated sports and my personal life.
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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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My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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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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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 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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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'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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I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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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 never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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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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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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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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