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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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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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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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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My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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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 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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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'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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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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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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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 intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
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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'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'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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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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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 never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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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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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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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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