Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.

There's no word in the language I revere more than 'teacher.' My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it always has. I've honored myself and the entire family of man by becoming a teacher.

If not for sports, I do not think my father would have ever talked to me.

Man wonders but God decides When to kill the Prince of Tides.

Looking around, I thought the human species was in fine shape and tried to think of something more beautiful than women and couldn't come up with a thing. The propagation of the species was a dance of total joy.

I was born and raised on a Carolina sea island and I carried the sunshine of the low-country, inked in dark gold, on my back and shoulders.

I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.