Henry Carr

thumb|Henry Carr (center) Henry Carr (November 27, 1941 – May 29, 2015) was an American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Quotes At first I was quite disappointed about the lane, but the more I concentrated I became aware that the lane was to my advantage to have lane 7. I knew from the start, if I was to get out and maintain my speed of relaxation no-one was going to beat me. It does not really matter, as I have the gold medal and a World record. I am a 'Frontiersman' opening the path for other 200 men. After Tokyo I hope to retire and turn professional as a footballer so that I can carve out a descent living for my wife of five months and myself. I play quite a lot of football at school- in season of course. Although athletics has given me fame, popularity and a chance to travel and see how the other half lives, it does not put bread in your stomach. You can win a gold medal in the Olympics; you can be the best in the world; you can win all your races - but it takes a great deal of time, trouble and money to achieve one's athletic ambitions, no matter where one stands, as on the scale of ability and performance, so perhaps the biggest change to come about in athletics- and it's not far off a possibility-is for track and field athletics to become a professional sport. Cash apart I realise how better off I am being and American, especially after seeing the way people live- and die-in other countries. Three very great curve runners of the past and their views External links Category:Olympic gold medalists Category:1941 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Track and field athletes Category:Sportspeople from Japan