I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.
As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.
The White House used to be, everybody looked up at the White House and America and everything, and now I think it's like a house of shame.

