Lots of people let it go by and never accomplish what they want. I just wanted to see what I could do.

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

I was always more of an academic than a jock.

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

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

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

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