When Fred Jones was getting ready to compete he would ask his coach for a piece of tape and a pen. A simple request for head coach Ethan Barron who mentored the ten time All-American in long jump and triple jump. Jones would put the piece of tape around his wrist and write the word it” on it. It was his reminder that he had it.” Not that there was any concrete definition of it,” just a reminder that he had whatever it was he needed to succeed at that level.