"And that was kind of scary for me to but to stand in Speaker's corner and listen to people talk and verbally say things that I'm not sure I was allowed to do that as I grew up. "And he took a couple more stretches and he said, wait a minute. The American record in the long jump is the world's record. Are you saying that? I said, well, if you're going to do it, I'm going to do it. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player In 1964 Boston finished second and won silver as he was 4cm behind Britain's Lynn Davies, who got gold at the Tokyo Olympics.