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

You can't live your life through your children.

I don't feel I'm 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.

My best performances were when I was 30 years old, and I was a vegan.

I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.

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.

Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.