All you can do is put your story out there enough times and hope that a couple will understand that no matter what type of athlete you are - there were no athletes better than I was, there was no one who had more going for him than I did, there was no athlete stronger mentally than I was.

“I'll never bowl with him again. After he got a strike, he spiked the ball.”

Most of the games don't let you focus too much on the cheerleaders, but I've been watching these girls.

I had everything working my way, strong as a bull. And still I ignored the rules of the game of life.

When you get old, everything is hurting. When I get up in the morning, it sounds like I'm making popcorn.

All you can do is put your story out there enough times and hope that a couple will understand that no matter what type of athlete you are - there were no athletes better than I was, there was no one who had more going for him than I did, there was no athlete stronger mentally than I was.

Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it.