The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as "steroids.

Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise.

The Band-Aid solution is actually the best kind of solution because it involves solving a problem with the minimum amount of effort and time and cost.

If you're in business it's both a promise and a warning. It says that sometimes little things can cause some little guy to have an overnight success.

The difference isn't resources, it's attitude.

It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one - not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses - ever makes it alone.

It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success.