The biggest things are often the easiest to do because there is so little competition.

The biggest things are often the easiest to do because there is so little competition.

Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for read more

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

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?.

I went through baseball as "a player to be named later.".

I went through baseball as "a player to be named later.".

I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.

I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too.
(after winning the Grand Slam Cup.)

It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too.
(after winning the Grand Slam Cup.)