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 More Quotes by Carl Lewis More Quotes From Carl Lewis 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 advise busy pay People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else. Carl Lewis human-beings humans people Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again. Carl Lewis discrimination want sports 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 long people thinking My best performances were when I was 30 years old, and I was a vegan. Carl Lewis vegan performances years Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me. Carl Lewis presses I always separated sports and my personal life. Carl Lewis personal-life sports 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. Carl Lewis school needs thinking I always wanted to be wealthy. I did. Carl Lewis wealthy wanted I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1. Carl Lewis i-can feels 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 block emotional athlete 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 intention chance want Some Americans just shouldnt leave the country. Carl Lewis country 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. Carl Lewis stars blow people 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. Carl Lewis typical media believe 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. Carl Lewis atlanta careers running At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company. Carl Lewis track the-end-of-the-day athlete Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field. Carl Lewis jamaica country needs When I run - you can see my record - I run to win. Carl Lewis records winning running You can't live your life through your children. Carl Lewis your-children live-your-life children
