As a writer, the best mindset is to be unafraid.

Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.

The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'

That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.

The fact of being an underdog changes people in ways that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.