When I was at UCLA, the Harlem Globetrotters offered me a million dollars to come play for them. I turned it down because my education was just as important as playing ball.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

Pride was his life force; for us it was a live nerve that he could teach us to brush. One stroke, a good practice, and we could tingle for days ... First, he found the pride in each of us, then he taught us how good it could feel. What he was ultimately after was for every one of us to learn to light our own fires and glow our brightest.

You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much.

Ignorance is not something that lends itself to a meaningful discussion.

I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't want to be pigeonholed as just a jock. I'm also an author, a student of history, and I collect memorabilia from the Wild West. I'm also a son, a father, and a friend.