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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

#any #athlete #being #being prepared #coach

'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

#because #best #clear #could #day

To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#day #event #fastest #had #human

A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated on I used to stand on stage with my mouth slightly open. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#before #breath #broke #cricket #had

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!' ↗

— Damian Lewis

#britain #burnt #england #getting #ginger

You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#class #democracy #different #faith #going

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#had #i #like #make #required

I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#approach #attitude #calm #get #had

I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#comfort #energy #find #had #i

I had a very vivid, almost hallucinatory moment in which I was engaged in a dialogue with my father. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#dialogue #engaged #father #had #i