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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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 know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
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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 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'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 never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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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.
Carl Lewis
I always separated sports and my personal life.
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You can't live your life through your children.
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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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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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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 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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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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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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I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
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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'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 want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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