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You can't live your life through your children.

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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Children
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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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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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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 enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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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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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 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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Channel your energy. Focus.
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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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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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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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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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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 don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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