My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.

I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.

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.

I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he can prove me wrong.

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

All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player in the majors but because he was a hero.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.