Table of Contents
1 Some People Run to Win 1
2 First World Records 11
3 Lessons in Survival 21
4 Taking My Place 31
5 The Beginning of the End 41
6 The Showdown 50
7 Mercury Rises 54
8 It's All About the People 66
9 Changing Names 73
10 A Challenge 80
11 A Spell on the Road 86
12 Time to Move 95
13 America on My Mind 105
14 An Opening to the World 114
15 A Near-death Experience 121
16 New Openings 127
17 A Key to America? 132
18 Dad, Death and a New Distributor 140
19 Back to Square One 148
20 Fated 155
21 Finding Fireman 160
22 The Waiting Game 169
23 Hong Kong and Beyond 180
24 Back to Boston 191
25 My Brother Jeff 198
26 A Major Fault 204
27 Our Angel 214
28 Keeping Up 221
29 Changes Afoot 229
30 Dealing with the Rest 239
31 Reebok Goes Celebrity 245
32 A Clash of Cultures 251
33 A Rollercoaster Ride 261
34 Death, and a Rebirth 267
35 A Founder's Role 273
Afterword: Who and what made a difference 283
Acknowledgements 295
Index 297