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Track and field athlete

Carl Lewis, born on July 1, 1961, is an outstanding track and field athlete from the United States. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of athletics, having won a total of 9 gold medals at the Olympics and World Athletics Championships.

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“Every single day of your life you do about a hundred things you have no interest doing. To get through the day. And it starts with getting up!”

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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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“When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.”

Running Winning Records

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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.”

People Knows Giving Ideas Voice Intention Like Me Best Intentions

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“You can't live your life through your children.”

Children Our Children Your Children Live Your Life

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“I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.”

Ifs One Day Insult Halos

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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.”

Needs Writing Interesting Mom My Mom Cameos

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“If you go by other people's opinions or predictions, you'll just end up talking yourself out of something. If you're running down the track of life thinking that it's impossible to break life's records, those thoughts have a funny way of sinking into your feet.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Ends Running Talking Opinion Break Records Impossible Feet Track Predictions Sinking

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“Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field.”

Needs Country Levels Fields Months Program Tested Playing Fields Jamaica Level Playing Field

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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.”

People Wells Doe Ends Moral Standards Areas The End Of The Day Cheat

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“Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.”

Life Life Is Sports Inspire Timing

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“The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.”

World Challenges Accepting Courage Greater Harmony Trials

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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'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.”

Stills Actors Appearance Businessman

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“The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.”

People Political Games Enemy Blame Officials Feds Fed Up Counterparts Elected Officials Blame Game

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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.”

Kind Two Support Focus Prepared Athlete Coaches Nervous Folds

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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.”

Ifs Ends Company Fields Athlete Track The End Of The Day Ceo Track And Field Professional Athlete

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“I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.”

School Youth High School Foundation

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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.”

Persons Goal Interest Growing Athlete New Goal

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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.”

Years Different Four Events Decided Gold Medal Gold Medals

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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.”

Believe I Believe Chance Vote I Believe In Ballots Vote For Me

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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.”

People Problem Body Happens Suffering Known Strain Joints

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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.”

Want Play Actors Taken Stage Serious Goes On Becoming Walking Athlete Screens Dramatic Cameos

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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.”

Mind Long Done Sports Clear Fortunate Get Away Retired

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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.”

Way Kind Long Motivational Impossible Feet Scientist Track Proven Athletics Sinking Long Jump

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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.”

Home Kids Cost Raises Our Family Senior Pharmaceutical

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“If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.”

“It's all about the journey, not the outcome.”

Motivational Journey Competition Athlete Outcomes Life Journey Olympic Games Olympian Best Athlete Olympic Athlete Olympics Games Inspirational Winning Olympic Medals

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“My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.”

Source: Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field

“Channel your energy. Focus.”

Running Energy Sports Focus Motivational Sports

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“After I left the podium in Atlanta, I felt so fulfilled in my career that I lost my desire to compete at that level again.”

Running Desire Lost Left Felt Levels Careers Fulfilled Atlanta

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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'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.”

Believe Able Speak Media Scared Supposed To Be Olympics Typical Decipher

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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.”

Thinking Needs Feels School Levels High School Coaches Qualified Good Coaches

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

Childhood Athlete Correlation Professional Athlete

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“I always separated sports and my personal life.”

Sports Personal Life

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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.”

Ifs Want Form Sports Poor Discrimination Wealthy Strongest Underprivileged

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“Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.”

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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.”

Two Different Night Actors Athlete Temperament

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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.”

Thinking Years Mind Lists New Year New Years Eve Pact Free Your Mind

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“I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.”

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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 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.”

Persons Found Emotion Emotional Athlete Block Better Person Emotional Person

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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.”

Want Chance Seasons Intention Lingering Relays Relay Races

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“Some Americans just shouldnt leave the country.”

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“I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.”

Want Real Jobs Millionaire Real Jobs

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“My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.”

Years Firsts Competition Track Diets Vegan Vegetarian Health Best Year Vegan Diet

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“I've found that a person does not need protein from meat to be a successful athlete. In fact, my best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.”

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“I want to be remembered as a person who felt there was no limitation to what the human body and mind can do and be the inspiration to lead people to do things they never hoped to do.”

People Want Mind Humans Persons Body Inspiration Felt Can Do Limitation Remembered Human Body Mind And Body

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“Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals”

Goal Race Poverty Achieve Development Finals Millennium Millennium Development Goals

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Born: July 1, 1961
Known for: Track and field athlete
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