I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.

The novel is a lie that tells the truth, a lie that reveals reality more profoundly than the factual truth.

Every challenge is an opportunity to learn something new about yourself.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.