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

Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

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

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

Stretching was a major part of my preparation.

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

I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.

One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition.

I was always more of an academic than a jock.

In digital world, sport provides opportunity to bring people together.

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

When you choose to work with a willing, happy heart, you become a beautiful source of joy to all.

Poor people want to be poor; if they just worked harder they could have more.

In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish!

Moral activity? There is scarcely such a thing possible! Everything is sketchy. The world does nothing but sketch.

The waves Of the mysterious death-river moaned; The tramp, the shout, the fearful thunder-roar Of red-breathed cannon, and the wailing cry Of myriad victims, filled the air.

I entered the Physics Department in 1950, receiving a Master's degree in 1953 and a Ph.D. in 1956. It is difficult to convey the sense of excitement that pervaded the Department at that time.

There are no articles any more that dream about the cities of tomorrow.

I believe every PERSON is beautiful. What you do with that beauty, how you develop it, is up to you.

Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.

What was the point of education, he thought, if people went out afterward and used it?