#2579 - Gary Sinise

“Write a memoir. Well, I wrote a couple. The first one is called Grateful American. That came out in 19 or in 2020, 2019, actually. Came out that year, and it kind of documents how I got so involved with our veteran community and our first responders and all of that.”

“And then September 11th was in the book Grateful American, there's a chapter called Turning Point. And everything up to that chapter is kind of teeing up what would happen after the attack on our country on September 11th.”

“That's why we have to be so grateful. Right. You know, I'm a grateful American. I wrote my book, Grateful American, because I am grateful that I'm here in this country, and I'm grateful for the men and women who provide that freedom for us so that I can, I've, you know, been able to pick and choose some of the things that I wanted to do in this life.”

“I didn't know what I should do. But when I got back, I decided to go into CSI New York. I had that show for nine years, and it came right at the right time because I wanted to, in my book, Grateful American, the chapter is called Perfect Timing, and it's the CSI New York timing chapter, which I talk about ramping up”

“school kids. And I remember my book coming out, Grateful American, and I was on a book tour like I am now. And I called her up and said, I'm coming to Nashville.”

“And I'm sitting here with this woman who kind of remembers all that, right? And the call comes in that Grateful American hit the New York Times bestseller list at number three. And I'm sitting here with her at the moment that I hear that.”

“Great. Oh, yeah. There you go, bud. Great, graceful warrior, Gary Sinise. It's really inspiring, man. I hope people go out and buy your book because you're awesome.”

“After he died, I just started putting pen to paper and writing some things. And then it turned into this book, Graceful Warrior, the true story of a son, a father, and a family who carried each other through. And this is a family story.”

“about hope and courage. And Graceful Warrior comes from an interview I did with somebody who was asking me about him. And that's how I described him. He never gave up the fight. He wanted to keep going.”

“Let everybody know. Graceful Warrior. Is there an audio version of it? Yeah, it comes out the same day. Did you read it? I did the reading. I believe it. It's obviously, yeah. Thank you very much, man. It's a pleasure to meet you. I really enjoyed this. And good luck with this book.”

“And that's a good thing. Yeah. My buddy Evan Hafer, he runs Black Rifle Coffee. You know Evan? Yeah, do you know him? I may have met Evan, but I love them. He's the best. They're fantastic. I love him to death.”

“I mean, it's one of the things my friend Evan from Black Rifle Coffee really emphasizes: they hire veterans, they use veterans, they give to veterans, they give to a bunch of different veteran causes and organizations, first responders.”