My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

When I was younger, the athletes who motivated me were the ones I saw on TV-Billy Mills, Gerry Lindgren, Prefontaine, Ron Clark of Australia, Tom O'Hara, Jim Ryan.

They are all great mid to distance runners.

I'm in that, I guess, top 2 percent or something.

Too many athletes do not admit their weaknesses.

A lot of these long distance runners start out at junior high. They have just as good times but they're also running 80 miles a week. So you see a lot of potential in someone who is running 20 miles a week. You see a lot of growing potential.