Over prepare, then go with the flow.

When you hear the word 'cancer,' it's as if someone took the game of Life and tossed it in the air. All the pieces go flying. The pieces land on a new board. Everything has shifted. You don't know where to start.

Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.

The last watch I wore felt like a handcuff. When I need to know the time, I check my cell phone.

There are few places you can find silence. Air travel could be the last fortress of solitude.

For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us.