Quotes By Carl Lewis

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.

Seriously, some Americans just shouldn't leave the country.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

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.

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.

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.

Life is about timing.

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

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.