My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

I had a series of childhood illnesses... scarlet fever.... pneumonia.... Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.