All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIMy goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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Talking to Yogi Berra about baseball is like talking to Homer about the Gods.
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The professionals must set a good example.
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Major sports are major parts of society. It’s not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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No one man is superior to the game.
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The university is our culture’s assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.
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On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch — engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction.
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[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.
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There are a lot of people who know me who can’t understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.
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A tremendous social responsibility comes with being a successful public performer.
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People will say I’m an idealist. I hope so.
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Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they’re here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
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