It is no loss to mankind when one writer decides to call it a day. When a tree falls in the forest, who cares but the monkeys?

Theres a lot to be said for doing what youre not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what youre supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.

My father died in my arms. That's tumult. That's everything exploding.

I'm kind of a distractible guy.

If sportswriting teaches you anything, and there is much truth to it as well as plenty of lies, it is that for your life to be worth anything you must sooner or later face the possibility of terrible, searing regret. Though you must also manage to avoid it or your life will be ruined.

I want saner gun laws. I think all these automatic weapons should be banned, big clips and handguns should be banned. As far as I'm concerned, shotguns and hunting weapons are all that we should allow in America.

Your life doesn't mean what you have or what you get. Its what your'e willing to give up.