I wanted to grow up to be just like my father.

By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life.

I wanted to marry a girl just like my mom.

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.

Thank God for little miracles, right?