However, when we thought of success, we could not have imagined the global giant that Nike would come to be. Only one person imagined that, and he was not in our class.

Nor were we in his.

Even as a little kid, I had a deep interest in history. I had a sense that what was going on around me at Oregon was beyond cool - it was fascinating. And so, in a less than fully conscious manner, I started saving everything - everything track and field.

Even, at times, the receipts.