Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.

I don't really see the hurdles. I sense them like a memory.

I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.

Stretching was a major part of my preparation.

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

My father was an all-American football player.