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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.

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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
Millionaire
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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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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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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