Lewis compares Nadal's retirement to Serena and Comaneci

Nine-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis said he feels happy for Rafael Nadal about his decision to retire

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00:00Well, first of all, everyone's retirement decision is different.

00:03Some people go until they fall apart.

00:06Some people say, I've had enough.

00:08If you look on that list, Nadia got her medals first, which her medals when she was a teenager.

00:14Serena won her first Grand Slam as a teenager.

00:17I made my first Olympic team as a teenager.

00:19Nadal won his first Grand Slam as a teenager.

00:21So we were all young, young people.

00:24Nadia retired very young because that's what women did in those days.

00:27And Serena just recently, and I just saw this today, is the best financial female athlete

00:36in history.

00:37And so she said, well, I have my age, I have my success, I'm older, and then she retires.

00:42And so I think for him, the best part about it is on your own terms.

00:47I think it's great.

00:48When he was in, we were in Paris, he talked about it, he played, and then he played the

00:53next day actually.

00:54He didn't play that well.

00:56I didn't get a sense that he would retire yet, but I'm just happy for him because he

01:00made a decision.

01:01He's won everything, had an incredible career, has his tennis academy, so many great things

01:07that he can look forward to the rest of his life.