Each story, novel, poem and play presents a vision of the world that illuminates the dark cave of life we stumble through. We can see better where we're going, what sudden drop to avoid, where the cool water is running.

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 was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.

I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.

Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became part of people's sports lore...

What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new generation of players.

Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.