Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a really emotional person and it helped make me a better person.

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.

Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals

I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

Our message of the day is service does not need a title.