When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing. – Michael Jordan
One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that Ive had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and Ive brought readers to my dads work. I cant tell you the joy that gives me. Because my fathers work was masterful. – Andre Dubus III
I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really dont have a good life. – Willie Mays