Quotes By Carl Lewis

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

I always separated sports and my personal life.

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.

I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.

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.

You can't live your life through your children.

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

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.

'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.

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.

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

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.

At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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'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'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 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.

Life is about timing.

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.

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