I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.

Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.

I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.

But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to how the game is played - the interaction among players, fans and media, how all that works. You have to know about the business of the game and how the actions of players and coaches affect the business. I think I have it down now.

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.

This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.