It is bad luck for world history that of all people the Russians adopted Communism, because they are totally unfit for it.
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.
They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.
I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.
Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
It was Night. In most places, Night is a time for sleep, for calm, and for mystery. But not in New York City, where many things conspired every evening to murder the night.
Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.