“I can't say 'why me,' Brady. That's one of the big no-can-do's. Because if I do that now that bad stuff has happened to me, why didn't I say it about all the amazing stuff that happened to me before?”

“shut up”

“don't give up till the buzzer sounds-coach joey”

“Cause The one thing that I learned from dad besides the cheap stuff fucks you up as much as the stuff on the top shelf does is it doesn't matter what you say or think, or wish you said but didn't say- just what you do.”

“I really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read.”

“If I were to say, "God, why me?" about the bad things, then I should have said, "God, why me?" about the good things that happened in my life.”

“The good characters in my book are loosely based on folks I know. All the bad stuff is made up.”