Carl Lewis

“I wanted to be the best. There was no second place.”

“Every day is a new opportunity to be better than you were yesterday.”

“I was never one to sit around and wait for things to happen.”

“I think the greatest gift God gave me was the ability to see things through.”

“Life is about timing. When you're supposed to be somewhere, you're supposed to be there.”

“I always believed that if you set out to be somebody, you could become one.”

“The key to my success is focusing on my goals, not on the obstacles.”

“It doesn't matter if you're the best. If you don't have the desire to work hard, you won't succeed.”

“I believe that every single event in your life, especially the difficult ones, shapes you and makes you a stronger person.”

“I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job. To his University of Houston track coach, Tom Tellez, on his first day of track practice, 1979.”