I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.

But now, I get up every morning and go to the gym because I don't like waking up stiff or in pain and wondering if my hip is going to hurt me.

So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.

I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

Don't run too fast through life. You only have one.

It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day - a letter from Indiana.