When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.

One of the trademarks of a champion is that he can outlast you.

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

No one wants to hear about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.

Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive