With the book available for pre-order everywhere and at the printer - my publicist saw an advance copy (before me!) and says it looks great - I got a big lesson this weekend in how the book will be recieved. It seems that there's something of an unholy alliance between "strange bedfellows" to make sure that the truth never gets in the way of a good story. I'll probably get attacked from all sides - people saying the book has flaws, isn't credible, leans too far in the pro- or con- direction, and doesn't cover every little detail.

It happened that way with "Saving The Pitcher" as well. People with their own agendas - and businesses - attacked me on Amazon with reviews. It didn't stop the book, which got into more hands than I ever expected and that actually changed the business of some of these people. My goal with the book was to help one kid, somewhere, to avoid the fate that we saw illustrated on "Real Sports" recently.

Writing a book isn't easy - it takes a lot of research, time, and just a stick-to-itness that I've learned a lot of people don't have. It's kind of the same thing with UTK in some ways. As a quick message to those that will oppose "The Juice" for whatever reason, well, I was always taught to pick interesting enemies and better friends. That lesson will probably serve me well again soon.