Logo
Quote by Carl Lewis
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

Other quotes by Carl Lewis

People have a moral standard about what they will do and will not do. At the end of the day someone who cheats has a lower moral standard than someone who does not. And they will cheat in other areas of life as well. – Carl Lewis

Category:
Life
Author
Carl Lewis
Read Quote

I dont feel Im qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach. – Carl Lewis

Category:
Education
Author
Carl Lewis
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Sports
category

Being No. 1. Its talked about all of the time in hip-hop. Im still No. 1! Im the best! Im the greatest of all time! Its the same mentality in sports. – Michael Rapaport

Category:
Sports

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on. – Peter Ueberroth

Category:
Sports

I was certain I was going to do something in sports. – Tyler Christopher

Category:
Sports

Growing up in the time of Title IX – it was passed when I was 10 – I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in womens sports. Of course I didnt know it at the time. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Category:
Sports

Random Quotes

The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it. – Bill Copeland

Category:
Time

I get all fired up about aging in America. – Willard Scott

Category:
Age

The eyes of the lord are in every place seeing the evil and the good. – Bible

Category:
Eyes

There are women who take it to the wire. Thats what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack. – Sean Connery

Category:
Women