Jack Straight from the Gut

Jack Walsh in this book is Straight From the Gut, a weird thing he said, you know once you have a doubt on somebody you never asked enough, which you know took me years to really believe that.

...murder yourself with it like Keanu Reeves fighting a giant in a library. It's the only way out for you.

This may seem a strange way to begin an autobiography, a confession I hate having to use the first person. Nearly everything I've done in my life has been accomplished with other people. Yet when you write a book like this, you're forced to use the narrative I when it's really the we that counts now.

Please remember that every time you see the word I in these pages, it refers to all those colleagues and friends and some I might have missed. Now we move on.

my mother poured her love into me as if I were a found treasure.

don't kid yourself. That's the way it is. If you don't study, you'll be nothing. Absolutely nothing. There are no shortcuts. Don't kid yourself.

she knew how to be tough with me, but also how to hug and kiss. She wanted to make sure I knew how wanted and loved I was.