There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory. '
I went through baseball as a player to be named later.
Don't be afraid to fail. Experience is just mistakes you don't make anymore.
Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!
You really have to be some kind of a creep for a dog to reject you.
One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.
If you think you have a better mousetrap or car, or shirt, or whatever, you've got to tell people.
Can you say something about nothing?
The integration of the Negro into American society is one of the most exciting challenges to self-development and self-mastery that any nation of people ever faced.
And of course Charlotte hasn't eaten a bit of dinner," Henry said, getting up. "I'll go see if Bridget can't make her up a plate of cold chicken. As for the rest of you-" He paused for a moment, as if he were about to give them an order-send them to bed, perhaps, or back to the library to do more research. The moment passed, and a look of puzzlement crossed his face. "Blast it, I can't remember what I was going to say," he announced, and vanished into the kitchen.