V/e are indebted to Dr. Ronald Shore， Gabe Mirkin s<br > associate， an editor of the International Journal of Derma.<br > tologT and a former assistant professor at Hahnemann<br > Medical School. He not only saw many of Gabe s patients<br > during the day， but spent hundreds of hours editing the<br > manuscript at night. He also researched and wrote the<br > section on common skin problems of athletes in Chap-<br > ter 10.<br > We are indebted to Don H. O Donoghue， M.D..<br > professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery at<br > the University of Oklahoma Medical School; James A.<br > Nicholas， M.D.， director of Orthopaedic Surgery at the<br > Lenox Hill Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic<br > Training; George Sheehan， M.D.， the author of Running<br > andBeing; and Wayne Leadbetter， M.D.， a sportsmedicine<br > physician in Washington，D.C.， who took time from their<br > busy schedules to read the manuseript and offer their<br > comments. We are also grateful to the following physicians<br > and scientists for their advice and help with various parts of<br > this book: Robert S. Brown， M.D.， Ph.D.， University of<br > Virginia; David H. Clarke， Ph.D.， exercise physiologist，<br > University of Maryland; C. Carson Conrad， executive<br > director， President s Council on Physical Fitness; David U<br > Costill， Ph.D.， director， Human Performance Laboratory，<br > Ball State University; Fred Goodwin， M.D.， National Insti-<br > tute of Mental Health; Gary Gordon， D.P.M.， podiatrist，<br > Philadelphia 76ers; David L. Kelley， Ph.D.， kinesiologist，<br > University of Maryland; Jack Mahurin， Ph.D.， exercise<br > Physiologist， Springfield College; William H. Masters，<br > M，D.， Washington University in St. Louis; Allan J. Ryan，<br > a~C/.D.， the editor of The Physieian and Sportsmedicine;<br > Ray A. Seolig， editor， "Nutrition Notes"; Roy J. Shephard，<br > ~M.D.， Ph.D.， University of Toronto School of Medicine;<br >and Joan Ullyot， M.D.， the author of Women s Running.<br > Leading sports figures were generous with their time.<br >We ，particularly want to thank the following athletes for<br >~giYlng us interviews: Muhammad All， Buddy Baker， Larry<br >il~rOwa， Butch Buchholz， Tim Caldwell， Mark Cameron，<br >[g~bin C4ampbdl， Angel Cordero， Jr.， Dan Gable， Roy<br >I 10~~h， Ron LcFlore， Bobby Moffat， Ken Moore， A1<br >Mottoha， Calvin Murphy， Pete Patterson， Kyle Rote， Jr.，<br >