Carl Lewis Quotes

Working with kids is something I really enjoy doing - that's why I also do work with UNICEF.

I definitely know I'm going to be working a lot more with my foundation when it comes to developing the kids in Jamaica.

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far.

When I was coming up as a kid, there were programs that kept me out of trouble and on the straight and narrow in South Central Los Angeles, and I always felt that when I got to a stage where I could provide similar opportunities to kids then I would do that.

I don't have a problem participating with the youth because the youth are our future.

I really believe that you can. Not only do I think it is a part of public service to help young people find their way, just as professors had helped me find mine, but I've been very involved in K-12 education issues. I started a program back in 1992 called the Center for a New Generation, an afterschool enrichment program.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

Taking part in these types of programs is crucial to our youth and crucial to the future of this game.

And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, and assistance to allow their families to live in decent homes.

One of my dreams in life is to do fund-raising for the youth.

We would like to have every middle and high school become a place where there will be lots of examples of youth competence and confidence.

I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs.

The Indian youth needs to be empowered, and it can be done through good education and vocational training.

I've also been working with the Challengers Club in the inner city of Los Angeles for 15 years now, I guess, and it's essentially an inner-city recreation club for boys and girls.

I grew up in the Boys & Girls Club. That's where I really started playing all sports, and that's why I'm a big advocate for the work they do.

Well, immediately we announced yesterday or the day before we're building, with my foundation, a youth tennis and learning center in Austin. I'd like to be hands on with that and not see it periodically.

If I can make an impact, I want to help some kids and bridge the gap between soccer and celebrity in America.

A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.

It takes a caring community to raise a child that will be a whole person and a contributing citizen.

There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.

If your kids attend school and grades are up that will make $1,000 contributions to some 10,000 kids across the country, are challenging kids to learn foreign languages or challenging kids to get summer jobs or seek summer enrichment opportunities?

At Walmart, we recognize the need to support the development of our nation's youth.

Sometimes when I speak to groups or I'm interviewed by a journalist, I ask them to imagine their communities without Girl Scouts - to imagine the thousands of food drives and clothing and toy collections that would never take place if not for Girl Scouts.