A sportswriter's life means never sitting with your wife or family at the games. Still working after everyone has gone to the party... Digging beneath a coach's lies, not to forget those of athletic directors and general managers and owners of pro teams. Keeping a confidence. Risking it.

My real heroes have always been sportswriters.

And all your future lies beneath your hat.

You'd see all the old immortals back for a family reunion. You used to look forward to coming to the veranda as much as the tournament. It has history, it's kind of exclusive and fun to be a part of.

It seems to be a good sign (for investors) if managers have confidence in their own abilities, ... You could do a lot worse than some of those funds.

What our athletic teams accomplished this fall is nothing short of incredible. For Santa Clara to be ranked among the nation's top 10 athletic programs and be compared to institutions with vastly greater resources and tens of million of dollars more funding... well, it's simply a tribute to our outstanding coaches and phenomenal student-athletes.