Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.

Don't look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut.

Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it.

The world’s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can’t.

Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is the hardest thing in the world to get Major League Baseball to change anything—even spikes on a new pair of shoes—but they will eventually...they are bound to.

First of all, a man, whether seeking achievement on the athletic field or in business, must want to win. He must feel that the thing he is doing is worthwhile; so worthwhile that he is willing to pay the price of success to attain distinction.

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.