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, lets make it amateur again. – Carl Lewis
To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They dont really think me as a long jumper, although thats the event I had more success in. – Carl Lewis
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 theyre not nervous isnt telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be. – Carl Lewis
My dad is the reason I actually started watching wrestling. My dad was never big into sports we were all big into sports as kids, and hed go to our Little League games or whatever and not really know what was going on, because he didnt know about sports, but he knew about wrestling. – John Cena