If I performed poorly, I knew the eyes of the sports world would be turned away from me. In that situation I knew the NCAA would crush me for sure. But if I could run well, they would not dare to hit me with everyone looking in my direction. I HAD to have a good race.

I started running in Junior High School. I was so slow and uncoordinated the coach set me up with a paper route so that instead of going to work out after school I went to the corner of Providence Ave at Crestline St. and picked up a bundle of 15 newspapers.

I thought perhaps people with injuries could be subject to a starters gun to cure them.

The 3-minute mile goal is to teach runners that the impossible is where goals should be set.

Set a master goal for your running and for your life...

I never did cross training or lifted weights or put anything between myself and my passion for running.

We didn't keep track of how many miles we ran back then. We just ran. If you LOVE to run with the kind of passion I have for running, you will understand this. Running was my mode of transportation.