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

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.

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.

'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go.

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

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.