"There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete."
-Carl Lewis
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"The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.“
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"To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in."
-Carl Lewis
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"I always separated sports and my personal life."
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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, let's make it amateur again."
-Carl Lewis
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"The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life."
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"Life is about timing."
-Carl Lewis
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"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."
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-Dame Edith Evans
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"There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge."
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"Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow."
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"There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage."
-Bill Hunter
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