Quotes By 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.

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.

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

Seriously, some Americans just shouldn't leave the country.

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.

Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.

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.

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.

I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.

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.

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.

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.

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

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.

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.

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.

Life is about timing.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.