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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
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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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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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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 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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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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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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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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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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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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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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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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Channel your energy. Focus.
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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'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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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 work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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