People say, on the raft, you must have hallucinated. Baloney. We were sharper after 47 days than the day we started because our minds were empty of all the war and contamination; we had clean minds to fill with good thoughts. Every day we'd exercise our minds.

If I can take it, I can make it.

I ended up in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific, operating out of Ayuka field in Hawaii.

I've always been called Lucky Louie. It's no mystery why.

People say, on the raft, you must have hallucinated. Baloney. We were sharper after 47 days than the day we started because our minds were empty of all the war and contamination; we had clean minds to fill with good thoughts. Every day we'd exercise our minds.

Pain is that last quarter of a mile. You feel it, but when you’re through racing, your whole body just feels elated. So the pain is worth it.

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.