Carl Lewis Quotes
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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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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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We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.
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Life is about timing.
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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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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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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 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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Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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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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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 - as you see from my record - I run to win.
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I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.
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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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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 work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.
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I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.
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There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.
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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.