“There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe.”

“I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that.”