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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.

- Carl Lewis

Sports, Against, Wealthy, Amateur

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

Think, I Think, Still, I May Not

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

- Carl Lewis

Game, Political, Fed, Treating

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

Always, Would, Too, Advise

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

- Carl Lewis

Feel, Than, Longer, Intend

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.

- Carl Lewis

Better Person, Athlete, Block

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

Play, Becoming, Very, Lewis

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

- Carl Lewis

Work, School, High, 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

Growing, New, Athlete, 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

Chance, Through, Relay, Lingering

'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

Love, My Life, Away, Possibly

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

- Carl Lewis

Love, My Life, I Love, Financially

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

Best, Affect, About, Everything Else

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.

- Carl Lewis

Voice, Give, Like, Best Intentions

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

Death, Going, Olympics, Scared

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.

- Carl Lewis

Mind, Think, New, Pact

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

Chance, Ballot, Actually, Vote

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

- Carl Lewis

Success, Childhood, Athlete, Correlation

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

Thoughts, Feet, Like, Sinking

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

Movie, Other, Part, Blows

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.

- Carl Lewis

Tell, Prepared, Telling, Fortunately

I always separated sports and my personal life.

- Carl Lewis

Sports, Personal, Always, Separated

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

- Carl Lewis

Me, Keep, Any, Press

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

Why, Resonates, About, I Believe In

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

- Carl Lewis

Courage, Harmony, World, Greater

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

Go, Over, Medals, Events

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

Rest, Here, Costs, Homes

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

Thought, Joint, Frequently, Repeated

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

- Carl Lewis

Service, Need, Does, Title

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

End Of The Day, Athlete, Company

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