Some of these things you wrote about - binge drinking, specifically, when you were in college - don’t seem very different from what culturally, we sort of expect athletes, certainly male ones, to do. I chose ways that are really unhealthy and, in fact, dangerous." We all have struggles in life, and we all have ways we choose to cope with them. I couldn’t see any better way for me to move forward with the rest of my life. I also felt like, we’re all struggling with things privately - no matter what it is - and, in my opinion, the only way we can truly deal with things is to be honest about them. The DUI was evidence that this was not going to go away on its own. "I think I thought, When I retire, this problem will kind of just fix itself. I agreed to write the book, and it was a really intricate process - trying to create the story, regurgitate all my memories, interview people - and then I got arrested. My publisher was interested in a book about my life and career and what I wanted to do post-retirement. What made you decide to go so deeply into these issues in your book? Couldn’t you have easily just written about your career and lessons learned?
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