“At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.”
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It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.
Mike Watt and I had the same teacher. Mr. Tanaka.
I would take William H. Macy as a teacher any day of the week. He's incredible. He's got a lot of hard-earned experience.