Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.

As I grew up, I knew that as a building it was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid of Giza, the nation's capital, the czar's winter palace, and the Louvre - except, of course, that it was better than all of those inconsequential places.

There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.

All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League.

Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.

We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.