I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

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.

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

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

Don’t be late or I may end up marrying the judge.

We're all born with the greatest treasures we'll ever have in life. One of those treasures is your mind, another is your heart.

The stories we are destined to tell find us.

‎I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey.

Patience with others is Love Patience with self is Hope Patience with God is Faith.

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

I was always really drawn to that fantasy world, more than a sci-fi world, in terms of outer space stuff. I think it's so cool.

I don't think traveling back in time on an empty stomach is a good idea.

Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

The grand style is available now only in old poems, museums, and parodies.