It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else read more

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your read more

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.".

I am the most loyal player money can buy.
(Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, read more

I am the most loyal player money can buy.
(Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and California Angels)

There are only two kinds of coaches -- those who have been fired, and those who will be fired.

There are only two kinds of coaches -- those who have been fired, and those who will be fired.

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have read more

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across read more

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.

My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.
(explaining read more

My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.
(explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice, 1982)

Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago...

Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago...