My father was an all-American football player.

My father was also a principal of a school and mother was a curriculum advisor. Both were educators.

I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning.

In digital world, sport provides opportunity to bring people together.

You have to have already convinced yourself that you are going to win no matter what other influences are.

One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition.

The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track.