Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewisis an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals, including nine gold, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth1 July 1961
CityBirmingham, AL
CountryUnited States of America
school thinking levels
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.
years vegan best-performance
My best performances were when I was 30 years old, and I was a vegan.
senior kids home
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.
stars blow people
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.
sports personal-life
I always separated sports and my personal life.
block athlete emotional
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.
athlete goal growing
I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.
running thinking talking
If you go by other people's opinions or predictions, you'll just end up talking yourself out of something. If you're running down the track of life thinking that it's impossible to break life's records, those thoughts have a funny way of sinking into your feet.
actors appearance businessman
I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
children live-your-life your-children
You can't live your life through your children.
games people political
The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
running winning records
When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
strong able
Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
people humans human-beings
People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else.