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The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.

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I don't care if I never see Texas again.

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What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.

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Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon.

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Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train.

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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.

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So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions.

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It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round.

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I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.

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I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: August 18th, 1935

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