I had the idea that the film would be much better served by a Branch Rickey lookalike than a Harrison Ford lookalike. I didn't want the audience to go into the film thinking that they knew me from some previous experience in a movie.

I am my age. I'm not making any effort to change it.

I've never wanted to be the boss.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

When we protect the places where the processes of life can flourish, we strengthen not only the future of medicine, agriculture and industry, but also the essential conditions for peace and prosperity.

I continue to develop some things for myself and also take advantage of good parts as they come along.

Baseball was a metaphor for America, both here and in terms of how it was understood by the rest of the world.