Carl Lewis's Quote - Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Beca

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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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Im not supposed to be able to speak clearly, and decipher whats going on in the media. Im supposed to be the typical amateur whos 22 and scared to death and cant believe he won the Olympics. – 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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