"We Aborigines have a good constitution, meaning we can handle the tough training better," he says, recalling how in his early days at the academy they had daily five-kilometer runs, which he found easy and would do in one shot. He would look back to see his non-Aboriginal comrades stumbling and gagging, and he felt complete sympathy for them.
「原住民體能好，反倒更能應付嚴格的訓練。」曹明生記得剛進官校時，每天要跑 5,000 公尺，對他而言輕而易舉，一馬當先跑抵終點，回頭看到其他非原住民弟兄，倒的倒、吐的吐，他看在心裡，也很同情。