You get out in front -- you stay out in front.

You get out in front -- you stay out in front.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under
pressure.

You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under
pressure.

I can tell you it's a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right read more

I can tell you it's a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right through.

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

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.

As I remember it, the bases were loaded.
(asked his reaction to hitting a grand slam)

As I remember it, the bases were loaded.
(asked his reaction to hitting a grand slam)

It's basically the same, just darker.
(on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991)

It's basically the same, just darker.
(on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991)