I got that quote driectly from the runnersworld.com website I believe.
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>From: "Hanks, Jeffrey S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: t-and-f: "Jabe's" exact quote... Are you sure???
>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 11:02:37 -0700
>
>I watched the Gabe interview as well and I don't remember some of the
>things
>that you describe. Although I did watch the ABC interview and perhaps he
>gave another to CBC perhaps?
>
>Specifically I don't recall him saying that he "owned" El G, or of him
>wiping the track of all of them in 3 years. Lastly, I don't remember any
>references to his SAT or his math major and inability to count to 10. It
>may have been a different interview than the one he gave on ABC right after
>the race.
>
>Jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Geoff Pietsch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 10:21 AM
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>Subject: Re: t-and-f: "Jabe's" exact quote... Are you sure???
>
>
> I watched this live so I don't have it on tape. Is the "quote" below
>accurate? I don't recall it the way it is printed here. Yes, Gabe did say
>he looked in El G's eyes, and, as I recall, he made it clear he was no
>longer intimidated, but I do NOT recall him saying he "own"ed El G or
>anyone
>
>else. And I can't imagine not picking up on such a remark. I also do not
>recall any mention of his SAT scores, and the other stuff about his
>academic
>
>worries seems very different than what I remember. Does anyone have it on
>tape to verify?
> As for Gabe's dropping out because he was undertrained, I recall
>Bikila's
>
>winning gold and setting a world record in the marathon (not something you
>want to be undertrained for) 6 weeks after having his appendix removed (you
>think he missed a little training time there perhaps?) and didn't Wottle
>miss a lot of training due to injury before his 800 gold in '72?
> Geoff
>
>
> >From: "Michael Contopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Michael Contopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: t-and-f: "Jabe's" exact quote...
> >Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:48:19 -0400
> >
> >If he knew he was out of shape, why didn't he pass it over to Berryhill
>who
> >has been racing fairly well this summer? Instead he goes there
>unprepared
> >and embarasses us both on and off the track. No slight to good ol
> >"Jabe"...
> >but he himself admitted he was not in shape. If I was Brian, I would be
> >livid. USATF should play more a role in the athlete's lives and training
> >and should never have let "Jabe" go if he was not ready to compete.
>Coachy
> >Vinny gets a big thumbs down as well.
> >
> >M
> >
> >
> >"You saw me get everything out of myself that I had out there. If you
>knew
> >my training, you'd laugh. It's been under 20 miles a week. But it's a
> >thrill
> >to compete on this big stage. This was so much more encouraging than the
> >Olympics. I was not scared. I looked El Guerrouj in the eyes, and I was
>not
> >scared. I own him. I own all these guys. Give me two years and I'll be
> >wiping them all up off the track. I have a vision of winning at Athens in
> >three years, and the vision starts with conquering all my fears.
> >
> >"It's all about fear. I've been fighting that at Stanford. I got into
> >academic trouble this year. I've been fighting fears about my SAT scores
> >and
> >being at Stanford and being a math major. I mean, I can't count to
> >10...well, maybe I can, but square root of two, what do I know? I've been
> >studying my ass off, but I need more help with my classes than I do with
>my
> >races. I've got two finals when I get back from here. I haven't been
> >getting
> >any sleep." - "Jabe"
> >
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