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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
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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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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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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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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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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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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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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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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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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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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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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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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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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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