- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Discrimination
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Did
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
'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.
- Best Intentions
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Busy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020