Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller 

USC coach Pete Carroll is writing a book. Here's the first line:

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

Kidding. That's J.D. Salinger, who's coming over later to have a cocktail and chat.

Anyway, Carroll's book will be called "Win Forever," which comes from his poem, "Always Compete".

According to a press release, the book will "include previously untold details and anecdotes about USC football, as well as Coach Carroll's advice for building teams that stick together and consistently outperform expectations. He will also discuss leadership off the field, based on his charitable work with kids on the toughest streets of L.A. And he will show how the five principles of the Win Forever philosophy can be applied to any kind of endeavor."

So it will be a self-help, motivational book.

And a portion of the proceeds will go to Carroll's non-profit, A Better LA, which focuses on reducing gang violence in the most crime-plagued neighborhoods of Los Angeles.