Quotes By Carl Lewis

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.