Going a mile and an eighth, I have tactical speed. With a short field, it shouldn't be a problem, nor should the weather. There's only a 20% chance of rain, so we should be fine.

He's got good speed, but it might be a good race for him to sit off the pace a tiny bit.

I've been waiting two months to get to this race. I've been saying the mile and an eighth can't get here fast enough for this horse.

If you made a mistake on the field, he just chewed you out when he got back to the dugout. It made you angry that one of your teammates was snapping at you. But you look back and say, that was Frank Robinson. If he can't tell you what the heck to do, if he sees something you're not doing, who are you to tell him any different?

The college teams race a 2,000-meter course, which is about a mile and an eighth. The adult, or masters, crews row 1,000 meters.

I got out of a jam in the eighth. I got a little wild in the ninth and I just got beat.