Carl Lewis Quotes

• 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 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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• 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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• Our message of the day is service does not need a title.

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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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• When I run – as you see from my record – I run to win.

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• Seriously, some Americans just shouldn’t leave the country.

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• Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.

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• I always separated sports and my personal life.

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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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• 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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• 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 don’t intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.

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• I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.

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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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• There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.

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• You can’t live your life through your children.

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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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• People have always thought of me as being something, but I’m just a human being like everyone else.

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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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Carl Lewis (46)

Birth:	1st July, 1961
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Athlete

About

Carl Lewis was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals, including nine gold, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired.

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