"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."
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"Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able."
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"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."
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"I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve."
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"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."
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"I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast."
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"I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down."
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"I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him."
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"After I left the podium in Atlanta, I felt so fulfilled in my career that I lost my desire to compete at that level again."
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"By carrying the torch, you will be bridging cultural and social barriers, and all the boundaries that separate nation from nation."
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"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."
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"My life isn't interesting! It's my mom. You need to write her life and put me in it. I'm a cameo in her life."
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"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."
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"Our message of the day is service does not need a title."
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"Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone."
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"I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me."
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"'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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially."
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