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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.
Carl Lewis
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Carl Lewis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 1
Athletics Competitor
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Track And Field Athlete
Birmingham
Alabama
Frederick Carlton Carl Lewis
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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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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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I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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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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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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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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'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 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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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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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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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
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Channel your energy. Focus.
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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'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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You can't live your life through your children.
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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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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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