“ Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. Vern Law Baseball Player
“ Baseball is about homecoming. It is a journey by theft and strength, guile and speed, out around first to the far island of second, where foes lurk in the reefs and the green sea suddenly grows deeper, then to turn sharply, skimming the shallows, making for a shore that will show a friendly face, a color, a familiar language and, at third, to proceed, no longer by paths indirect but straight, to home. A. Bartlett Giamatti Commissioner Of Baseball
“ Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way. Albert Goodwill Spalding Baseball Manager
“ Over time I learned that there are two very different satisfactions that you can have in your life. One is the satisfaction of becoming skilled at something. It almost doesn't matter what the terrain is. There is a deep, soul-feeding resonance in mastery itself, whether in teaching, writing a complicated software program, coaching a baseball team, or marshalling a group of people to start a new business. Atul Gawande Surgeon
“ What the hell has (Herbert) Hoover got to do with it? Anyway, I had a better year than he did. Babe Ruth Baseball Player
“ I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport. Barry Bonds Baseball Player
“ The feel of a good row stays with you hours afterward. Your muscles glow, your mind wanders from the papers on you desk and goes back, again and again, to that terrific power piece at the end of the workout when it felt as if you and the boat were flying, as if you legs were two cannons and your arms were two oars and the great lateral muscles of your back were pterodactyl wings and the brim of your baseball cap was a harpoon. Barry S. Strauss
“ I'm not like a 90-mph fastball kind of guy, but I can hit 70 on radar gun. Ben Gibbard Singer-Songwriter