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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.

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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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Records
Winning
Running

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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 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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My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
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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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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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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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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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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 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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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 always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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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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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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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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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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You can't live your life through your children.
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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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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