"What Fred did with Bruce [Kidd], bringing up a young runner who could compete with mature men, changed
running in the world. It was after that we saw the United States start to produce really talented people who could
run world-class races right out of high school, such as Jim Ryun and Steve Prefontaine.
"He put you in situations where if you reached for your potential, you'd succeed, but the target was never so far
ahead of you that you'd fail. You learned how to win."