Why Olympian Carl Lewis RETIRED After the 1996 Olympics | Undeniable with Dan Patrick

[@user-dc6fy8iw4t]

Sat with him for over an hour in Moorestown mall talking about his book Inside Track. Will never forget and have respected his entire career to this day. Truly a wonderful human being and will always be worldclass.

[@RobertIsaacJr.]

Absolutely Powerful Words for a World Class Person who was Fun to Watch and a Respectful Person I Remember Him and His Best Friend Leroy Burrell was World Class Sprinters in Philly and NewJersey 1980 and 81🪄

[@JK-zt4ym]

Watching this guy compete spanned almost my entire childhood

[@AbdulAli-ku9he]

same here.

[@michaelalbert8474]

We are the lucky ones Carl. To have men and women of your caliber standing tall representing us is truly an honor!

[@garyc1384]

Carl was as clean as FloJo

[@harrietharrietbly1089]

I was a bus driver for the Olympic Athletics at the 1984 Olympics. I was behind the scenes when I saw Carl Lewis walking in the middle of 4 bodyguards. I ran up to the group and said "I'm suppose to get your photo"' Carl smiled so pretty for me; One of my greatest moments.

[@Johnmag1976]

I saw that Carl Lewis is now a cross-country coach for very young runners .This gentleman loves sport.

[@davidlynch9049]

And steroids.😅

[@nonyobussiness3440]

It’s weird that a talented sprinter and jumper would choose to coach distance especially cross country. I’ll admit distance athletes are lazy and don’t require the motivation to practice and try hard and train like young sprinters do. Cross country and distance is a self hating sport. The better you do the more you hurt lol. Unlike sprinting if your loosing it’s not over in 30 seconds lol. You got 15 painful minutes of everyone seeing you loosing and it’s not like you can bitch out and quit in front of everyone either no one likes

[@Daveymallon]

@@nonyobussiness3440he’s the chubbs Peterson of distance coaching. Chair and a magazine.😂

[@dougmiyamoto3109]

I have a theory as to why he works with "very young" runners. But it's just that at this point.

[@Salim-wr2wk]

@@davidlynch9049 did he really use steroids?

[@Dave-lr2wo]

Absoutely legend. And nobody looked better sprinting. Poetry in motion.

[@lesquale128]

He was doped, like ben johnson. Words of Calvin Smith...

[@Dave-lr2wo]

@@lesquale128 You sound like you're the one who's doped.

[@ItzFallenPurple]

A legend in using doping

[@Dave-lr2wo]

@@ItzFallenPurple Sounds like you come from a place where nobody ever won anything.

[@anthonyparkinson5544]

In the 1988 100 metres everyone was found to have cheated apart from Calvin Smith. Including Carl Lewis

[@jedic5071]

Phenomenal athlete. All of those Olympic medals in sprints while also doing long jump. Nobody has done that since.

[@rickbateman2401]

Well, the steroids were phenomenal anyway…

[@junenelson4426]

@@rickbateman2401 🤣

[@rickbateman2401]

@@junenelson4426 it’s sad you believe otherwise.

[@mastermao007]

@@rickbateman2401 carl cheated his whole career lol failed many drug tests

[@rickbateman2401]

@@mastermao007 I am aware. The only reason why he won Olympic Gold in 1988 was because the US was able to buy it for him. Both he and Ben Johnson failed their drug tests.

[@AmySue280]

I was so young in the 80s, so I don't remember any of this. It is nice to be able to reflect on it by watching KZbin videos now. Carl is an inspiration.

[@dougmiyamoto3109]

I wasn't so young so I remember the real Carl Lewis. He is definitely not someone to aspire to be like. He is a fake, a liar, and arrogant.

[@markhammer1883]

This was in the mid 90s homie

[@geoffhennessy275]

Rode in a van with Carl’s dad in Memphis. The Willingboro track club was shuttling from the motel to the track. Every kid was a perfect gentleman. They taught values, not just winning.

[@Q2131]

Coach & Mrs. Lewis were class folks. Ran for the WTC in the summers of 91 & 92 after my frosh & sophomore year at RV.

[@bpsactclass2218]

He still looks like he is in incredible shape! He really helped take track to another level in regards to popularity.

[@justineebourgeois3420]

He’s an overrated doper with a terrible start. Ben Johnson > Carl Lewis 🤷‍♀️

[@rayH357]

Hero when I was growing up. Always thought he never ran his best race and was capable of under 9.8. Phenomenal athlete.

[@Daveymallon]

One of my absolute childhood heroes. Probably the most beautiful sprinter there has ever been, he had so much grace in his sprinting style.

[@andreparadise]

I ❤ u so much for putting track and field on your show. U just interviewed THE MAN!!!❤🎉

[@MarkWadsworth-c7n]

The best fact by far which totally rams home his ability in long jump is the fact his winning jump in 1992 Barcelona Olympics would have been still the winning distance in every Olympics since....now that's talent

[@BDQ1975]

That's crazy. Also, his winning jump from Barcelona, he came off the board so far off. It's rumor, as per Dwight Stones, had he jump right off the board, with no inches to spare, he might of threaten Mike Powell's WR jump from the previous year.

[@masterofdisaster9194]

That’s a great stat really wish he’d got that WR in Tokyo 91. Best LJ final they’ll probably ever be

[@MarkWadsworth-c7n]

@@masterofdisaster9194 Mike Powell world record is still the best as well even now....both him and Carl have been different class in the event....

[@scouter-xn6zi]

@@MarkWadsworth-c7n Carl was different class from Mike, too. Sure Mike made (and still has) the world record and was near the top for many many years. But Carl was The top, a superior athlete, let alone that his best (official & unofficial) performances happened that day in Tokyo, yet he lost !

[@rickythomas6593]

Carl Lewis was a cheater, he admitted so - thought years after, he was a cheat and always be cheater.

[@joethi4981]

Love Carl Lewis. Smart, positive, and an amazing work ethic.

[@hagestad]

O yea i forgot. He tested positive at the same event they disqualified Ben Johnson. What was weird they told public only about Bens test not Carls.

[@auntlizard262]

@@hagestadand what did he test positive for?

[@johnp1277]

I met Carl at a 10k race in Santa Monica, California back in 1980 , and talked to him for about fifteen minutes as we both did our pre-race stretching....he seemed very down-to-earth, and very polite, if a bit on the quiet side...very focused...well, a few minutes later , we lined up to race, and I ran with him for about 2 miles before his pace was too fast for me to sustain any longer, and he soon disappeared out in front.... afterwards , I saw that he won that race first overall , and I went up to him and congratulated him, and left that day feeling like I just met someone who would go far in their running career. And, sure enough.....

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

Wow he was doing 10k races too?

[@pradipthomas8779]

What a load of bs

[@listrahtes]

@@Cormac-jd2kx No , the poster got the timeline wrong for his lies. Pathetic but some people need that attention. By 1980 Carl was close to world-class in sprint and long jump. You bet he never participated in a10k in 1980

[@carlpeterkirkebo2036]

Sure it was not the marathon?

[@a.k.4486]

I remember this like it was yesterday. I even remember him going to the Jay Leno or David Letterman show a month or so before. We all wondered why he was even trying... Leno or Letterman asked him if he really thought he could win, and he responded "It's only now that you're asking that I realize that losing is a possibility..." The man was that confident... Losing was not even a thought although he was 35 years old competing against guys 10-15 years younger... One month later he achieved the unthinkable!!!!

[@vigulfmusicproduct]

Carl Lewis is the best long jumper in history, if we look at consistency. Yes, Bob Beamon did something that changed perhaps the entire sport. Breaking the world record by 55 cm is incredible. I've watched on Norwegian TV, the audience seems like they didn't understand what was really happening. Carl Lewis carried this story forward. Carl Lewis is a great Legend, 1983-1996. I personally think the media is not good enough to honor great sporting heroes from the past, but we also have this problem in Norway. It must be said that it is incredible that Bob Beamon still holds the Olympic record in the long jump. The jump and the story behind it will perhaps become as legendary as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:)

[@intheshell35ify]

Nice to see him smile while he talks about back in the day.

[@stuffbenlikes]

I was there, greatest sporting night of my life! Michael Johnson won a gold the same night.

[@domjohnson2579]

My favorite track memory was when Donovan Bailey DESTROYED Michael Johnson in Michaels own event!

[@Dante-vf4sd]

​@@domjohnson2579Michaels events were 400 and 200, Donovans were 100 and 200, 150 is obviously suited more to Donovans.

[@j.m.youngquist419]

Fantastic interview, fantastic! Carl Lews was and is Superman

[@paulgaddie4103]

❤🎉❤One Of The Greatest Track & Field Athletes Of All Time. THANK YOU...Carl Lewis.

[@patrickquacinella6997]

Great man love from Australia

[@mikelp72]

I did a 6th grade book report on him in the early 90’s. Amazing to watch his career.

[@ccook3659]

Very genuine interview!!!

[@gregrichards1601]

What can you say? Man was incredible!

[@dougmiyamoto3109]

As an athlete. Not as a person.

[@SBanderaB]

he was a drug cheat - you forgot this part.

[@gregrichards1601]

You're opening up a huge can of worms here. Don't get me started. And if you're going to go down this road then hold the same standard for everyone in every sport, every time. From what I've read what he had in his system was not enough to be a ped. I won't say he's a good person but he is a fantastic athlete. And where people draw their lines on drugs and drug testing/abuse is hugely inconsistent.

[@dougmiyamoto3109]

There's no way you win gold medals in that era with massive PED use. Masking techniques were very effective and the US sanctioning bodies were looking the other way when something did show up in a test. And of course he was a great athlete - that's not a debate. If everyone is juiced and he wins, he's the best athlete.@@gregrichards1601

[@thepsychologist8159]

@@gregrichards1601 "he was a drug cheat - you forgot this part" - Ah, here we go.

[@haiyumhamid1259]

One of the finest athelete all time. Perfect body, posture and sprinting style

[@mastermao007]

and steroids and hgh

[@johng5295]

Awesome. Carl Lewis one of the greatest.

[@Madmun357]

I've met a few guys on the team at UH. Carl Lewis demands complete effort. Helluva'n athlete.

[@tjcarr8097]

It was a pleasure to watch Carl’s career when I was a kid

[@fender1000100]

The best to ever do it. 4 consecutive long jump golds. When no one else ever won 2. The true Athletics goat.

[@patman147]

I worked with Carl's older brother Cleve who was an amazing soccer player. Very talented family.

[@Seren3ti]

I am happy to see Carl all these years later, full of life, energy and pride, and knowing that he made us incredibly proud too, and we still are. That moment is forever etched in my mind. I was 18. :-)

[@kennethwilliams7697]

Carl Lewis, an American Hero! One of Track & Field's GOATS!

[@TJRDoss]

King Carl Lewis. A legend in his own right and my long jump GOAT for longevity. He won nine Olympic gold medals and a silver during the 1980s and ’90s. No one else will have that bragging right of 4 consecutive Olympic gold medals in the Long jump. No one comes close...

[@brentharris9471]

Ummmm Usain Bolt and Michael Johnson 🤷

[@dhillanchandramowli5670]

In every right, by any metric.

[@michellevey9608]

One of the greatest moments in sports history!

[@rene6876]

I grew up with this beautiful athlete ! Love to watch athletics as a kid and especially Carl Lewis

[@dericklapite6226]

Scientific runner with the ultimate competitor mindset

[@erinbevans5125]

He was always all class and a star in the biggest sense. A true inspirational champion. King Carl...

[@ahmetguler1826]

He was the hero of my time. What the wonderful times...

[@crispyduck1706]

That’s what a legend looks like - awesome athlete

[@grandmastermario3695]

It catches up to you, beyond incredibly hard on the body, being a top athlete in 1 let alone 2 let alone 4 different events, which is why no one else in history has ever done it.

[@kennedysan1045]

Owens.

[@MichaelJ-m7c]

Wow Carl Lewis was the man so awesome. He gave it his best shot right to end. What a career. God bless him!

[@Alex.P1]

Although in the U.K. we all routed for Linford Christie, Carl Lewis was extremely popular too.

[@marzymarrz5172]

Carl Lewis always seemed very disciplined and sure of himself and its interesting to hear his reflections of that time. It was wonderful to watch him win.

[@psyskeptic9979]

I met Carl in 1979 in Santa Monica. He was training at the Santa Monica College track, and he was so focused. Later, we went out for drinks at a dive bar called Calabasas on Sepulveda Blvd.

[@kevinbraden798]

Wow.....how lucky my generation was to watch Mr. Lewis's career unfold live......thank you Mr. Carl Lewis.

[@patrickoleary2862]

Grew up watching him from Ireland / what an athlete!!

[@nunoafonso2593]

I'm Portuguese, I was 12 at the time and I remember his phenomenal jump

[@clintstryder1131]

I really really respect that man!!

[@leviddesign4537]

Big respect for Carl Lewis. The man is one of my hero's.

[@48jerrybiker]

Mr.Lewis, thank you for the memories. God bless you!

[@hadbl12]

This man was the face of track and field for many years. Thank you sir

[@jamessmythe1891]

Sadly he was one of the biggest drug cheats

[@seanwebb605]

He was what American track and field was marketing to Americans. Oddly enough other countries had their own athletes that they promoted. Some even competed clean. When Carl Lewis cheated they just changed the rules in his favour. Now elite athletes could take diet pills.

[@emerdog6688]

A long time ago there was an Imax film called To The Limit about the human body, and it included a shot of Carl running in super slow motion. It was a beautiful thing to watch.

[@1archengdes111]

I wanted to talk about how great of an athlete he was and how we all rooted for him so many years etc...but all I can say is how come after so many decades he still dont have one wrinkle and looks so young still !!!!!!

[@stevenbootes1979]

As if that matters... Carl Lewis is a legend.

[@owencampbell8799]

He did everything clean. Hero

[@blackibex]

Absolute legend.

[@jamessmythe1891]

“Lewis was among the named athletes and Exum's documents revealed that at the 1988 Olympics trials he had three positive results on a combined test for pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine.”

[@darrellid]

Dan Patrick is an excellent interviewer.

[@linjean]

This guy and the 80s American team were all juiced up.

[@oldfart5063]

not carl troll

[@linjean]

@@oldfart5063 I hope your comment was ironical because he sure was. Back then the US was fighting for everyone to get tested while their "universal soldiers" remained untouched.

[@JoeSchmo-u1d]

PROOF, please. I don't know who you are, but you can't make that statement without proof. If you expect me to take your word for it, your sadly mistaken.

[@linjean]

@@JoeSchmo-u1d It is well known that the US teams, during this period, were dope fiends. You may deny it and bury your head in the sand but it is true. It was an era where Russian athletes were excelling (because they too were drugged out) and the US needed upend Russian superiority. Just like they did by "landing" on the moon.

[@dapog]

So we’re to believe that the whole US team was juiced, but not the rest of the world huh 🤔…ok

[@nathansmart1532]

As a junior athlete growing up Sydney I made the State for Long jump high jump and Relay best result was 3rd in the Relay.I never Cheered for a Sportsperson as hard as I did with this man,I was mesmerised by his feats even now Watching this with a Smile ear to ear WHAT MORE CAN I SAY! 🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🥈

[@MrKT410]

Besides being unquestionably the greatest track & field athlete of all time, he is also among the elite athletes of all time. Unfortunately, most people casual track and field and sports fans in general either dont realize or forgot how dominant and spectacular this guy was.

[@SBanderaB]

and a drug cheat - you forgot this part.

[@MrKT410]

@@SBanderaB the International Amateur Athletic Federation and US Olympic Committee disagree. I wonder who is more credible in determining illegal PED use 🤔

[@TheShepdawg9]

Drugs.

[@scotthodgson1986]

he really was a world beating drugs cheat.

[@allanhee]

The greatest? Did you eliminate Bolt from consideration because you suspect him of using PEDs? Based on performance on the track, nobody has been more dominant than Usain Bolt...awarded gold in every Olympic event that he competed in from 2008-2016, olympic and world records in every event, did something (i.e. won the Olympic 100 m and 200 m) 3 times that nobody (including Lewis) had even been able to do once and put up times that--as Ato Bolden said--were in "the realm of video game speeds."

[@OutperformOfficial]

Absolute Legend!

[@AlonzoSuates]

Yeah he's a legendary alright. Lmfao

[@MrCol104]

All the top sprinters at that time, would accuse each other of drug cheating, but claim to be clean themselves. It was quite comical.

[@georgemavrides3434]

Yup, it was also because it was a period the the west (US/UK) were just competing against themselves as they owned the PED industry and drug controls. Some went haywire like Joyner which eventually cost them their lives.

[@listrahtes]

It was pretty horrific how Lewis outed Johnson even before the olympics as he was faster and played that dirty game.

[@MrCol104]

@@listrahtes I remember Carl Lewis saying “Team GB sprinter Linford Christie hasn’t been caught…yet”. Wouldn’t surprise me if they were all taking substances which were borderline illegal.

[@listrahtes]

@@MrCol104 Well its proven with Lewis. His positive tests before the Olympics are well known now thats why I cant see anything else than a snake listening to him knowing he was just as full with PED and then played the victim towards other sprinters and threw dirt at them. Christie didnt do that.

[@cliftonquarrie3929]

Amazing how he could just explain away the reason for a Banned Substance being in his system and then point fingers at others who were known or suspected to be using/having the said Substance in their bodies. 😅

[@Nintendo1969]

I'll never forget when he matched with Bob Beamon and both jumped World Record, Carl had a series with 8m87, 8m91m and 8m87 in the jumps 3 to 5 but Bob cleared them all with 8m95 in his 5th attempt, that day made track and field history 4ever.

[@thelolguy007]

Not alone did he stand for the National Anthem- he sang it too 👏👏👏

[@nibsvkh]

Wtf?

[@HH-zx2lq]

Still looking young. Melanin magic ✨

[@jacobjones5269]

Black don’t crack, baby!..

[@JakePantyShields]

This man is a legend

[@edwardchristian9529]

Truly greatest athlete of all time.

[@lordsatan1473]

Someday he will come clean.

[@BangAwa-mh3vy]

, you are great athlete Carl...

[@darrenedwards6705]

Just incredible career...period..the BEST...😮

[@foodielifemac]

I was waiting to hear that he got injured, I’m glad that wasn’t the ending tho.

[@samson9098]

84,88,92 and 96....😮😮😮😮 He was indeed the greatest

[@mok9785]

The Greatest athlete of all time!

[@Fred-xo3ku]

The greatest ever! 🥇

[@firmfoundation7421]

I was 18 when Carl Lewis competed in 1984. It is now 2024 and the 2024 Olympics are finished. There has been no finer Athlete. His style was a beautiful thing to watch and he won multiple events. Incredible athlete only equalled by Usain Bolt in my opinion.

[@jennifertaylor5600]

GOAT. I love Carl Lewis. He deserved it all.

[@dalogan7290]

My favourite athlete

[@fastbreak0822]

Love and respect Carl ........ Amazing bro...... Amazing....... One x

[@therealjd4life]

"🎶🎤 and the rockets red glare....uh oh!"

[@composedlight6850]

There is something great about doing the long jump; its fun and still do such when i please.

[@Fester_]

That man is so good. Time and again he brought it. He tolerated people with some dignity. Nice one fella.

[@EmoEmu]

Seems like a cool guy. I hope he's coaching young athletes. Can you imagine having one of the best athletes in the history of mankind giving you tips?

[@stevenbootes1979]

Legend!

[@danburby7936]

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CARL IS SAYING,THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME,WHEN I WAS 19 IN 1958,I BROKE THE WORLD JUNIOR RECORD IN THE POLE VAULT AND I WALKED AWAY AND NEVER VAULTED AGAIN,NOTHING MORE TO PROVE TO MYSELF

[@ronwright3324]

Definitely a goat of track & field

[@listrahtes]

I am still mad how he behaved towards Ben Johnson. Knowing now Lewis was just as loaded as Johnson and then playing the victim of a juicer and even before the Olympics throwing shade at Johnson. Then getting gold 1988 that way condemning Johnson was pathetic. He still hasnt owned up to that.

[@jamessmythe1891]

1988 olympics- three positive drug tests !

[@BSimp4242]

I'm going to show you how much you don't know what you're talking about. Those of us who follow the sport know that Ben was busted for stanazolol, a performance enhancing drug. If Carl was "just as loaded" as Ben, what performance enhancing drug was Carl busted for?

[@3dguy839]

It takes a true hero to juice the way he did without getting caught

[@crush42mash6]

He’s absolutely right my buddy was there in the Olympics and said Carl get caught, but it was covered up

[@listrahtes]

@@BSimp4242 he was busted for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and propalomine . That was what they caught him for and kept it under wraps . If that would have lead to more testing more would have been revealed. It was more than an open secret that the Santa Monica Track Club was a government protected PED abusing facility. Look it up

[@simonpayne54]

I jumped my pb on my last ever long jump in my life and won the county championship. I never jumped again. Carl Lewis and Larry Myricks were my heroes.

[@dhillanchandramowli5670]

Why didn't you jump again, if you don't mind me asking?

[@simonpayne54]

@@dhillanchandramowli5670 I went to Uni and discovered women, food and alcohol.

[@dhillanchandramowli5670]

@@simonpayne54 Should I be saying 'I'm sorry'? I kinda always feel bad when I hear about these amazing sportsmen who just...dropped off. Do you feel you should have gone on?

[@simonpayne54]

@@dhillanchandramowli5670 I played rugby for Cardiff and my county, so I was happy enough. I was quicker than Ben Johnson over 30 metres at the age of 18 yrs. I got recorded at 2,9 seconds from a standing start.

[@felixotuoke5419]

The son of the wind (figlio del vento).

[@whodidit99]

Greatest long jumper of all time - 4 straight Olympic gold metals.

[@brentharris9471]

Incredible athlete. Absolute knob of a human though

[@WADE-RI]

He couldn't take any more drugs is the reason.

[@BosisofSweden]

A titan!

[@j.m.youngquist419]

We as Americans also felt like you could win it and i Personally felt like you could win anything you entered.

[@oneworldfamily]

We as British felt the same way about him too. I suspect that many people around the world believed in him and admired him. He gave the world so much inspiration.

[@xetradax2679]

why video is so dark??

[@konstantinosmichos6063]

Carl ❤

[@RogueCylon]

He retired because their detection methods were improving. We all know he was doping.

[@marcoathayde42]

God bless him.

[@RTC1655]

Legend

[@jamesingram3752]

Loved watching him…class act.