Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is a retired American track and field athlete who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 golds, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were golds, in a career that spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired.

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• "I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job."
  • To his University of Houston track coach, Tom Tellez, on his first day of track practice, 1979.
  • Carl Lewis.com (url accessed on October 21, 2008)
• "My best performances were when I was 30 years old, and I was a vegan."
  • Video on Youtube

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• I have the rest of my life to sit on the beach.
  • Explaining his decision to compete for a spot on the 1996 US Olympic team.