I think I am STRONG on the FIELD, I am versatile, I can play in SEVERAL midfield positions. Some coaches like that, it grabs their attention, it is a BIG DEAL for me.

What is that SONG that Willie NELSON SANG? 'Oh, the DAYS dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No BIG deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content.

I miss that sensation of a SMALL ACHIEVEMENT FEELING like a really big deal.

It's no BIG DEAL, STARTING a GAME.

Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of FICTION seem to FEEL the need to pretend it's no big deal, or part of a NATURAL progression from poetry to fiction, but often it's really just about the money, the perceived PRESTIGE.

The first TIME my mom read my very first BOOK, she was like, 'I'm not gonna belabor this. It's not a big deal. But I have to ask the QUESTION: Is EVERYTHING okay?'

Having wires strewn across your COUCH and across the FLOOR is a BIG deal to a LOT of people.

I'm the type of PERSON, I don't like to MAKE a BIG DEAL out of problems.

It would OBVIOUSLY be a BIG deal to reach 500 wickets but I don't SEE it as a target or GOAL, it's not something that has driven me on.

I remember one NIGHT, my PARENTS were out at a function of some kind and I had just gotten cable in my room. That was a big deal, and I saw 'Blue Velvet' on HBO. It blew my mind in a WAY that I don't think children's minds are supposed to be blown, but they probably shouldn't be watching 'Blue Velvet.'

My son has been known to throw a book at the television set when he called for me to come play and I was OBVIOUSLY busy in the box. But I'm told that children of television performers grow up thinking that all mommies or daddies WORK on TV and that it's no big DEAL.

We lived in one of those half-basement apartments, and on our first night of being in America, SOMEONE REACHED through the grate that protects the window and stole our laundry detergent - which wasn't a BIG deal, but it felt symbolic when I heard about it LATER as an adult.

If you don't LIKE or CARE about your JOB, what's the BIG DEAL? I am so over it.