Top 47 Quotes by Carl Lewis

I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.

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.

I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.

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.

Our message of the day is service does not need a title.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.