I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife.

I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife.

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.

I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.

Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.

Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.

For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to read more

For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to it as he survives transfixed with rapture.

Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some of the time and return to the read more

Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some of the time and return to the ground. They don't always do it well. But they are our philosophers of actual moments and the body and soul in them, and of our maneuvers in our emergencies and longings.

Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.

Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.