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.

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.

There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.

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

To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.

Talking to Yogi Berra about baseball is like talking to Homer about the Gods.

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