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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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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 never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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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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My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
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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'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 separated sports and my personal life.
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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'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 very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete. I want to go on stage or screen and be taken seriously.
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I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.
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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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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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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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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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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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Channel your energy. Focus.
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