“The violence on the field must bounce off a lot of people. But you can go to a ball park on a quiet Tuesday afternoon with only a few thousand people in the place and thoroughly enjoy a one-sided game. Baseball has an aesthetic, intellectual appeal found in no other team sport.”

So it’s been a slow process and it’s taken some patience. That’s why patients are called patients I think – patience is required.

Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it’s not working.

We’re lost, but we’re making good time.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

If you’re going to cheat, it’s better if you don’t get caught.

You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.

I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.

I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better.