Will Carroll
Will Carroll
Will Carroll is a sportswriter specializing in the coverage of medical issues, including injuries and performance-enhancing drugs. Carroll's "Under the Knife" column appeared on Baseball Prospectus for eight years during his stint there as a senior writer, and he also contributed to the site's radio efforts as well as the Puck Prospectus spin-off site. He is the author of two books on sports-related medical topics. Carroll has no formal medical training...
reality years perspective
One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago.
gold
I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.
memories writing giving
I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now.
summer dark hands
If you are very lucky, you're allowed to be in certain places during just the right season of your life: by the sea for the summer when you're seven or eight and full of the absolute need to swim until dark and exhaustion close their hands together, cupping you in between.
teeth want
Everything you want in life has teeth.
orange forgiving fifth-grade
I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy.
weapons forget blind
Fear's greatest weapon is its ability to blind one to anything. In its presence, we forget there are others to consider, things to save besides ourselves.
fall black gone
Death doesn't make you sad- it makes you empty. That's what's so bad about it. All of your charms and beliefs and funny habits fall fast through a big black hole, and suddenly you know they're gone because just as suddenly, there's nothing left at all inside.
when-you-love-someone magic secret
When you love someone deeply, you know secrets they haven't told you yet. Or secrets they aren't even aware of themselves. ... She was also the person I wanted to share the trivia of my life with, because that too is part of the magic of concern: Whatever you live is important to them and they will help you through it.
thinking sight want
Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything.
men should-have years
Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings.
writing damn bites
Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.
interesting people way
I had always liked blind dates. If nothing else, it was an interesting way of discovering what people thought of you.
book discovery process
Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.