Because I tried to everything possible to become the best player in the world? Do I believe steroids and growth hormones helped me achieve that? Yes. Were there a lot of other players doing it that I had to compete against? Yes.
My father came from an intellectual and studious avenue as opposed to a brawler's avenue. So I had to go further afield and I brought all kinds of unscrupulous oiks back home - earless, toothless vagabonds - to teach me the arts of the old bagarre.
| Arthur Adamov, Playwright (1908) |
| George Matthew Adams, Editor (1878) |
| Scott Caan, Actor (1976) |
| Julian Casablancas, Musician (1978) |
| Rhonda Cator, Athlete (1966) |
| Nelson DeMille, Author (1943) |
| Barbara Eden, Actress (1934) |
| Clifford Geertz, Scientist (1926) |
| Carl Hagelin, Athlete (1988) |
| Gene Kelly, Actor (1912) |
| Hoot Gibson, Actor (1962) |
| Oscar Hammerstein, Writer (1960) |
| Oscar Hammerstein II, Musician (1960) |
| R. D. Laing, Psychologist (1989) |

