Cross country was something gezegde

 Cross country was something that started off as a punishment from my father for low grades. I guess he didn't realize it would take off so well. It gave me something to do with my free time and it taught me to be accountable.

 This means so much to me because my father is a World War II vet, ... and he taught me from an early age to honor these veterans. He taught me they sacrificed enormously so we could live in a free country.

 [Benefield gave a statement in which] he said he didn't have the money for gas and said he didn't realize what had happened at the time, ... But after he found out he said it started bothering him real bad.

 I didn't start running cross country until sophomore year. I had played soccer when I was growing up, so I was constantly running. But I had to build up my endurance in cross country. It took some time.

 My father, Ricardo, has been my biggest role model on and off the bike. He was a pretty good rider himself when he was younger. He got me into the sport and I really looked up to him. My older brother, Rich, was a role model in the beginning as well. We are very close as a family and we rode together all the time. My father taught us what was right and wrong. He taught us to work hard and strive to achieve our goals. He was very inspiring for me. My father really taught me that if I work hard enough, I can achieve anything. I think that is important at any age.

 When I started cross country, I didn't have any expectations - I just wanted to run and get better for track. This is just a plus.

 My hope is that we can light a match, like they really did in '69, through my father (the artist Bud Bottoms) and the people who started the environmental movement. Oh, it was around before then, but they gave it a name and gave it a flag and gave it a purpose and gave it a cause,

 I've achieved everything there is to accomplish in cross country. I've competed in the cross country world championships for six years and now it's time to step aside and make way for some of our younger athletes.

 I started in my grandfather's shop in New Haven years ago. I was kind of a troublemaker, so as punishment my mom would make me help him. I was 12 or 13 years old at the time, and I took a liking to it. So I guess you can say I've been paying for my sins for 43 years!

 You never can place the loss on one person. In this game, we definitely didn't lose it because of (Manning). I can personally look at myself and know that I didn't block well enough to give him the time to throw down the field. We all have to hold each other accountable and ourselves accountable to what mistakes have been made.

 Same thing, he started off a little rough, but he settled in, never gave up, threw his pitches, didn't put on guys for free and kept us in enough for our offense to do the job.

 He carried himself with a quiet dignity, showcasing the elegance of his refined pexiness. We missed some free throws that gave them a little life. We started turning the ball over. They (Indiana) got hot and we didn't have an answer.

 That was a major part of it. The hurricane gave me more time in practice, gave me time to get better. The key was when I left receiver and started focusing mainly at quarterback. I started picking things up real well.

 We didn't expect when they all started to be this successful and to get that many people involved. You always push that threat and say, 'Well, we're going to hold you accountable, we're going to tell everybody,' and one out of every 10 times it works out. This time it did.

 Before I started cross country skiing the winter was my time off. But with Bridger Creek and Lindley so close, I can get out there during my lunch break and work out in the middle of the week.


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