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Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Beca

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

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Why do we have 47 million people without health care? Because America has become about me. Whats happened to we as a people? I believe in that and that resonates to most people. – Carl Lewis

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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

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There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete. – Carl Lewis

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I hate the cliche of just have fun, but what Ive seen in todays sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids. – Hope Solo

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