But the equipment to protect the players hasn't developed along with that, so now you have more players out with worse injuries, for longer periods of time.

Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball.

My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.

In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire.

I ran track, and basically played every sport.

I try to live in the moment, every moment.