Top 30 Carl Lewis Quotes

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I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to,

I’m a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
At the end of the day, if you’re a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
‘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.
Carl Lewis
Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.
Carl Lewis
There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
Whether I’m 40, 50 or 60, I’m going to be as physically strong as I am able.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
I’m not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I’m running because I wanted to serve.
Carl Lewis
I enjoy my life, I love track, I’m set for life financially.
Carl Lewis
I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
When I run – as you see from my record – I run to win.
Carl Lewis
I don’t intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
Carl Lewis
I’m not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I’m growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.
Carl Lewis
People have always thought of me as being something, but I’m just a human being like everyone else.
Carl Lewis
Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
When I run – you can see my record – I run to win.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis
I always separated sports and my personal life.
Carl Lewis
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.
Carl Lewis