Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.

Some of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.

Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.

[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.

If a family is an expression of continuity through biology, a city is an expression of continuity through will amd imagination? through mental choices making artifice, not through physical reproduction.

Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.

A tremendous social responsibility comes with being a successful public performer.