Stretching was a major part of my preparation.

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My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others....

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others....

If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better...

If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better...

I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep...

I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep...

If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens.

If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens.

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.

I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.

I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.

I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.

One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was...

One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was...

I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.

I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.

I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school.

I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school.

In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics.

In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics.

My father was an all-American football player.

My father was an all-American football player.

I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and...

I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and...

I was always more of an academic than a jock.

I was always more of an academic than a jock.

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there.

I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there.

My father was also a principal of a school and mother was a curriculum advisor....

My father was also a principal of a school and mother was a curriculum advisor....

I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship.

I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship.

I overcame size with mechanics.

I overcame size with mechanics.