The Image Was Me
When I stepped up to the bar it all came clear, I really forgot. In the mirror behind the pretty little bartender I saw...
A Step Toward Courage
Bobby played center on our High School football team and had a disease that affected his ability to run. I remember watching him as...
Heading Home
Home is where the heart is.
Home is where you hang your hat.
Home is just a click or two of Dorothy's red shoes.
What a beautiful...
Get Up and Live
All I can remember wanting when I was a kid was to face the day ahead and see my way through it. Early one...
Up to Bat: A Deliberate Purposeful Act
No sir, when I leave this game my participation will be seen has having been a deliberate, purposeful act, bringing to me the understanding...
My Last Arena
What time in life should you consider yourself a man?
Is 'becoming a man' something that just happens to you? Maybe it's after an accomplishment...
I’ll Hear Jesus
Some evangelists are too emotional for me.
They think their way with words, the clever way they coin a phrase and how they say what it is they...
Turn Your Life Around
Don’t underestimate what it took to get you to where you are now so if you want to turn your life around you will...
The Wade’s of Russell Springs
You never know who you're talking with when you're talking to a child. They may be a professional athlete some day, the one who...
Dear Chuck Norris
A Letter to Chuck Norris
Dear Chuck,
It was so good to hear from you and even better to hear the good news about a beautiful...
You Are You And You Always Were You!
He said, "Richard, you are you and you always were you. You're not what you do or what you call yourself...
Put Off Thy Shoes…
In the world of Martial Arts I've heard a lot of reasons why we remove our shoes before we go "on the mat". Now,...
Home Safe
People who've played baseball, and who now walk up to the plate in life, know how hard it is to hit the ball and...
Papillion: A Caterpillar A Butterfly and the Fight To Be Free
Several years ago, I was hired to double Steve McQueen in the movie “Papillion”. It was about a man in France who was put...
With Each Breath
Preface: After writing, Tang Soo Do Karate and Toughen-Up for Chuck Norris I began writing short stories that reflected actual experiences in my life. But, before publishing them I...
If Chuck Norris Could Answer the Call
If Chuck Norris could answer the call in his late 60's, could travel through Iraq under these circumstances, who was I to allow myself...
