Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.

I do not believe there is any royal road to success as an athlete any more than there is to others in everyday life.

The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.

An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.

Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.

I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering.