Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis

13 quotes

Few American tracks and field athlete have been quoted as widely as Carl Lewis (b. 1961), whose insights reach well beyond their original context. With equal ease, Carl Lewis moved between Sports and Success, finding connections others missed. Discover 14 of Carl Lewis's most memorable quotes, ranging across Sports, Success, Health, Life, and Education. Among their most shared lines: "The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge."

“Why do we have 47 million people without health care? Because America has become about 'me'. What's happened to 'we' as a people? I believe in that and that resonates to most people.”

— Carl Lewis

Health

All Quotes by Carl Lewis

“Why do we have 47 million people without health care? Because America has become about 'me'. What's happened to 'we' as a people? I believe in that and that resonates to most people.”

— Carl Lewis

Health

“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.”

— Carl Lewis

Life

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

— Carl Lewis

Courage

“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.”

— Carl Lewis

Health

“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

Success

“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

Death

“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.”

— Carl Lewis

Amazing

“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

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

Education

“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.”

— Carl Lewis

Best

“There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.”

— Carl Lewis

Success

“I always separated sports and my personal life.”

— Carl Lewis

Sports

“Life is about timing.”

— Carl Lewis

Sports