You don't like to see hookers going down on players like that.

You don't like to see hookers going down on players like that.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered read more

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject.
(recounting what he told a player read more

Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject.
(recounting what he told a player who received four F's and one D)

Sports is the toy department of human life.

Sports is the toy department of human life.

How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which... 90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced read more

How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which... 90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our pocket of excellence is that 75% of [American] students have learned to critique tactfully?.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Victory goes to the player who makes the next to last mistake.

Victory goes to the player who makes the next to last mistake.

We train by a parkway, which runs beside a river. If we had a lonely end, he either would be read more

We train by a parkway, which runs beside a river. If we had a lonely end, he either would be hit by a car or drown.
(on why he doesn't use a lonely end)

I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.

I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.