To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don't give up, don't give in. There's always an answer to everything.

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

However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow darkness.

I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with.

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.

I was raised to face any challenge.

If I can take it, I can make it.