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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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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 want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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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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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
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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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You can't live your life through your children.
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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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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 enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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After I left the podium in Atlanta, I felt so fulfilled in my career that I lost my desire to compete at that level again.
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Channel your energy. Focus.
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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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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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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
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I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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