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?.
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It's almost like we have ESPN.
(on how well he and James Worthy work together)
It's almost like we have ESPN.
(on how well he and James Worthy work together)
The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.
The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.
If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in read more
If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.
Raise the urinals.
(on how management could keep the Braves on their toes)
Raise the urinals.
(on how management could keep the Braves on their toes)
I don't care what the tape says. I didn't say it.
I don't care what the tape says. I didn't say it.
You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
You must sacrifice, train, do everything possible to put yourself in a position to win. But if you consider second read more
You must sacrifice, train, do everything possible to put yourself in a position to win. But if you consider second or third a failure, I feel sorry for you.
I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.
I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all read more
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
