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.
Seriously, some Americans just shouldnt leave the country.
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.
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.
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’m not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I’m growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.
I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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.
The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
I’m a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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.
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.
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 don’t intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
At the end of the day, if you’re a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.
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.
I always separated sports and my personal life.
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.
I enjoy my life, I love track, I’m set for life financially.