Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.
An island of surety in a changing world.
There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball.
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.
If there is any justice in this world, to be a White Sox fan frees a man from any other form of penance.
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.
We spend a lot of money on protecting other countries. And yet, those other countries aren't paying nearly what it costs us for that protection. Where - they're getting one of the great bargains of all time.
The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble is that the world doesn't read its books, it borrows a detective story instead.
Every little job counts. Design counts.
Learning is the very essence of humility. . .