After I left the podium in Atlanta, I felt so fulfilled in my career that I lost my desire to compete at that level again.

There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.

Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.

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.

I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.

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.

An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.