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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.

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
Politician
State
Running
Become
States
Wanted
Senate
Serve

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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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You can't live your life through your children.
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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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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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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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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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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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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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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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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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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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'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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I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
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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 wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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