I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in the park every day.

I take the medication for myself so I can transact, not for anyone else. But I am aware that it is empowering for people to see what I do and, for the most part, people in the Parkinson's community are just really happy that Parkinson's is getting mentioned, and not in a pitying way.

As for my own truncated secondary education, my head was in the clouds as my mom would say, or if you asked my father, up my ass.

As with any turning point or instance when a new road is chosen and an old one forsaken, there are consequences.

My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.

'Why do you think it is...', I asked Dr. Cook ... 'that brain surgery, above all else-even rocket science-gets singled out as the most challenging of human feats, the one demanding the utmost of human intelligence?' [Dr. Cook answered,] 'No margin for error.'

I don't burden myself too much with others' expectations - or even my own expectations. I think your happiness grows in direct proportion to your acceptance, and in inverse proportion to your expectations. It's just a matter of putting one foot in front of the other - or doing the next right thing, so to speak.