My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.

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.

We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.

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.

I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.