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Carl Lewis

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


— Carl Lewis


#financially #i #i love #life #love

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 #better person #block #emotion #emotional

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 #i #intention #just #lingering

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


#best #best intentions #give #hear #i

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.


— Carl Lewis


#athlete #bring #day #different #keep

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


— Carl Lewis


#down #focusing #foundation #high #high school

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


— Carl Lewis


#appearances #businessman #i #make #still

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


#i #i may not #i think #learn #learner

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 #busy #coach #expensive #i

Life is about timing.


— Carl Lewis


#about #life #timing






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Athletic career


Early life and emergence as a competitive athlete
Frederick Carlton Lewis was born in Birmingham Alabama on July 1 1961 the son of William and Evelyn Lewis. Lewis became an actor and has appeared in a number of films. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper who topped the world rankings in the 100 m 200 m and long jump events frequently from 1981 to the early 1990s was named Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News in 1982 1983 and 1984 and set world records in the 100 m 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays.

which markets and brands products and services including his own. He also helped transform track and field from its nominal amateur status to its current professional status enabling athletes to have more lucrative and longer-lasting careers. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper who topped the world rankings in the 100 m 200 m and long jump events frequently from 1981 to the early 1990s was named Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News in 1982 1983 and 1984 and set world records in the 100 m 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays.

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