Carl Lewis Quotes

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.

I want to be remembered as a person who felt there was no limitation to what the human body and mind can do and be the inspiration to lead people to do things they never hoped to do.

Channel your energy. Focus.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

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.

My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.

The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.

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.

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.

If you go by other people's opinions or predictions, you'll just end up talking yourself out of something. If you're running down the track of life thinking that it's impossible to break life's records, those thoughts have a funny way of sinking into your feet.

Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals

I've found that a person does not need protein from meat to be a successful athlete. In fact, my best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.

The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.

Some Americans just shouldnt leave the country.

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

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 can't live your life through your children.

At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.

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.

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.

People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else.

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.