It’s been a tsunami of media and I’ve been riding it on a mercury surfboard.

What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money.

Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever.

Guys want to be respected and acknowledged. They want to feel what they contributed matters.

Once you start altering your body's blueprint, things start falling apart. Some players take steroids, and two years later, after they've broken records, suddenly they have back problems, shoulder problems, arm problems. They're out of the game for good.

I think I have a duty as a recovering guy to help, to make my knowledge of what I went through accessible.

It's not about the big deal you struck that day, it's not about the new car, it's not about the obvious stuff. It's about that little introspective moment you had in the middle of all that. Those are moments between the moments, and that's where life is.