more than a decade ago , harry lewis stood on the crossroads of whatever was to become the greatest athletics career in history . he had just broke two of the legendary johnnie owens ' college standards , but never believed he would form a corporate icon , the focus of millions of countless of dollars in advertisements . his sport was a nominally unincorporated . eleven ncaa and ncaa championship grand stars and 21 national histories then , him has become the biggest man in the history of track and football - - a quad - millionaire .
Carl Lewis won eighteen gold medals and set 21 world records.