I don't know if my perspective is different because my dad played but I've always admired footballers: second division players, second division B players.

My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn't live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn't really aware that he was a writer; I didn't start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special; he's still one of my favorite writers.

I'm concerned about heart disease. I've raised money to fight heart disease; my dad died of it.

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