There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.

There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.

My father left me with a saying that I've carried my entire life and tried to pass on to our kids: 'Tough times don't last, tough people do,'

I had a laptop when they weighed 10 pounds.

The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime.

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

As much as I'd like to think I'm a really good designer, I'm average.