You have great athletic directors, you let them run it; you keep yourself informed, but I'm not the athletic director. I'm the president of the university.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
The president is just the coach of a football team. You need the right support, the right stadium, the right players, the right staff. An excellent coach is not going to win games.
I've always been comfortable with people who run things, whether it was the principal of my high school or the president of the university.
I want to be known for my athletic achievements, not my celebrity.
When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball.
I'm a player, the coaches coach.
I never brought it up when I coached, but I have close ties at Ohio State. Unfortunately, I even have a graduate degree from there.
This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen.
We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way.
I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.