I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.

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.

Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

I'm very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete. I want to go on stage or screen and be taken seriously.

The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.

People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else.

You can't live your life through your children.