Nobody accomplishes success by themselves.

Nothing frustrates me more than someone who reads something of mine or anyone else's and says, angrily, 'I don't buy it.' Why are they angry? Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head—even if in the end you conclude that someone else's head is not a place you'd really like to be.

The sad thing about doping is how much it obscures our appreciation of greatness.

Policy is driven by more than politics, however. It is equally driven by ideas.

What is learned out of hard work and trial is inevitably more powerful than what is learned easily.

Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?

Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.