As he trained for a variety of track-and-field events, Jim became obsessed with winning gold medals in Stockholm, where the games would be held, but his motivations were more practical than egotistical. “I wanted to win those events for one reason. It wasn’t to be acclaimed the greatest all-around athlete in the world for the mere glory that accompanied that title. I wanted to win so that it might serve as a diploma to get me a job as an all-around coach in some university.”
