A Quote by Serge Ibaka
Carl Lewis wasn't a great sprinter. He could only run fast for like 9 seconds.
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When I grew up Carl Lewis was still running, Maurice Greene was running - he was that figure I see, like Michael Johnson. I really wanted to look up to the fast guys - so those two guys were some of the guys I looked up to.
I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.
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To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten.
I'm a decent sprinter and I can gun a motorcycle from zero to suicidal in less than ten seconds.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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