I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.
When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the story begins.
I think it's hilarious at 40 years old to bring out my roller skates from 'Starlight Express.' I find the humor and even the sadness in it hilarious and something to celebrate.
When I protested because they wouldn't buy me new skates or if someone complained a teacher gave too much homework, Dad would respond: There's no whining in this house. It was his way of saying: there is no place in this house for feeling sorry for yourself.
The Orioles' Dick Hall comes off the mound like a drunk kangaroo on roller skates.
You can't play hockey with a bald spot, so I'm hanging up the skates.
And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life.
You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.
Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.
I was addicted to 'The Monkees' TV programme - not so much because of the music but because of the commercials in between. The programme was sponsored by Yardley, and in the commercial breaks, there would be these English girls on roller skates, wearing hot pants, and I just thought, 'God! How neat!'
