"There are a lot of people in this world worse off than me," Pilon said after a recent workout.

But the recent workouts gave him confidence that his record could fall under the right conditions, Hart said.

Ilgauskas, a 7-3 Lithuanian, was hurt in a recent workout.

"I put it on myself," he said before a recent workout in Houston.

The faint frown-lines around her mouth looked as though they'd had a long recent workout.

"It's important for people to know you don't have to be a young kid to perform difficult routines," Miller said at a recent workout.

He's still a Top 10 pick, but his recent workouts haven't been good.

"I'll be thinking about that 20-by-20-foot ring, and that's all," he said after a recent workout.

His fastball reached about 85 miles an hour at a recent workout.

He still believes his best marathoning is to come, and the recent workouts are reassuring.