Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interest you.
We live in a niche world.
A player cannot be part of the training camp experience as a rookie unless he is signed to a contract.
Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person.
People who have addictive problems usually have some subset of emotional difficulties that causes them to abuse substances.
Now we're getting a whole generation of kids who have never had a football team in L.A., so they don't miss it and don't ask for it. It becomes self-perpetuating. They don't know what they're missing.