I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.

For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in the same summer.

Consider the Lichen. Lichens are just about the hardiest visible organisms on Earth, but the least ambitious.

The English invented cricket to make other human endeavors look interesting.

I always wanted to do a baseball book; I love baseball. The problem is that a very large part of my following is in non-baseball playing countries.

Columbus real achievement was managing to cross the ocean successfully in both directions. Though an accomplished enough mariner, he was not terribly good at a great deal else, especially geography, the skill that would seem most vital in an explorer.

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.