Education should no longer be most imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities.
You've got to be ready for the fastball.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never talk about the practice, practice, practice.
I've found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.
It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine. . . People will tell me what a shame it was I had to go back into the service a second time, but I'm kinda glad I did. . Besides, I am a U. S. Marine and I'll be one till I die.
No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.
With respect to why some acquired savants are musical, and some are good at the arts, and some are mathematical, why aren't they all the same; I think that has to do with this genetic endowment that all of us have.
Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.
You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.
Because I can't seem to escape it. It's a way for me to address and counter my questions about what it means to be human, or, in my case a Dominican human who grew up in New Jersey.