Carl Lewis Quotes
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The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.
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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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Seriously, some Americans just shouldn't leave the country.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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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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Why do we have 47 million people without health care? Because America has become about 'me'. What's happened to 'we' as a people? I believe in that and that resonates to most people.
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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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You can't live your life through your children.
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The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
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I'm not supposed to be able to speak clearly, and decipher what's going on in the media. I'm supposed to be the typical amateur who's 22 and scared to death and can't believe he won the Olympics.
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I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.
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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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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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People have a moral standard about what they will do and will not do. At the end of the day someone who cheats has a lower moral standard than someone who does not. And they will cheat in other areas of life as well.
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People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else.
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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'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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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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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've always known that sporting people frequently suffer from joint problems because of the repeated strain they put on their bodies to get to the top. But somehow I never thought it would happen to me.
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Every New Year's Eve, I have a pact to do something I never thought I'd do. So I created this list. You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.
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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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I'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.