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"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."

Carl Lewis on Success

More quotes about Success

  • "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."

    Bill Cosby on Success

  • "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success."

    Swami Vivekananda on Success

  • "Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."

    Bruce Lee on Success

  • "A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

    David Brinkley on Success

  • "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

    Winston Churchill on Success

More quotes by Carl Lewis

  • "I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be."

  • "The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life."

  • "The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge."

  • "I'm not supposed to be able to speak clearly, and decipher what's going on in the media. I'm supposed to be the typical amateur who's 22 and scared to death and can't believe he won the Olympics."

  • "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."

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