Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed.

Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

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.

I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast.

I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast.

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on read more

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the read more

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.

I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play.

I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play.

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best read more

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.

Use it or lose it.

Use it or lose it.