I was always more of an academic than a jock.

I overcame size with mechanics.

I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.

I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship.

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

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

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