“It was all in His hands now - as it had always been.”

“I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.”

“I've always been called Lucky Louie. It's no mystery why.”

“All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.”

“(after asking Christ into his heart) I waited. And then, true to His promise, He came into my heart and my life. The moment was more than remarkable; it was the most realistic experience I'd ever had. I'm not sure what I expected; perhaps my life or my sins or a great white light would flash before my eyes; perhaps I'd feel a shock like being hit by a bolt of lightning. Instead, I felt no tremendous sensation, just a weightlessness and an enveloping calm that let me know that Christ had come into my heart.”

“(On surviving on the raft for 47 days) We had truly made it on a wing and prayer.”

“The race film had confirmed a dead heat. That was great. But even better, most of the New York press finally learned to spell my name correctly.”