I am a Body-for-LIFE Challenge 2000 Winner. "Winners finish and finishers win."

Some of us are fortunate enough to have known what we wanted to be since the day we were born.

When you have a childhood dream that still burns and tugs at your heart when you're an adult, you owe it to yourself to pursue and achieve this dream.

Whether you know it or not, you are a role model for somebody. Watch what you say and know that you're responsible for your actions.

Nobody had a bigger heart or passion to win than America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine "Pre." Watch the movies Prefontaine, Without Limits, or Fire on the Track to see what I'm talking about.

We were all born to "be somebody," look deep inside your heart to find out who and what you are supposed to be.

Before starting a fitness program or diet, know why you're doing it. Have specific goals with deadlines and visualize the end result each night before going to bed.