Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive.

On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.

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

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.

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

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

There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.