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.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.

Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.

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.

We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where read more

We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play.

They shouldn't throw at me. I'm the father of five or six kids.

They shouldn't throw at me. I'm the father of five or six kids.

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.

The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top.

The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top.