“As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up.”

“My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.”