On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch -- engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction.

The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.

I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures.

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

There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.

I think that the young people today feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to their brothers and sisters because of the sacrifices that most families make to send their children to college.

This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you're going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.