Chess is a curse upon a man.
Work is not a drag for me. I like to get here early, hang out, catch up with the boys. I'll go in the cage and hit, do my exercises. I try to keep it fun and find ways to enjoy it.
There's gonna be good times and bad times. When the good times come you got to ride it as long as you can. And when the bad times come you got to battle and try to get out of there as soon as you can.
You probably don't call home and say, 'Hi, mom. I am facing Pete Schourek tonight. ' Names and stats don't do it. You have to do it out on the field.
I'm a baseball player, I'm not a political activist.
I'm blessed with health and energy and passion for the game of baseball, and also to help children.
I love what I do on the field and that takes a lot of my time. But I also make time to help other people because a lot are not as fortunate as I am.
Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.
That's my punishment in hell, shoveling horseshit.
Faith—is the Pierless Bridge Supporting what We see Unto the Scene that We do not— Too slender for the eye It bears the Soul as bold As it were rocked in Steel With Arms of Steel at either side— It joins—behind the Veil To what, could We presume The Bridge would cease to be To Our far, vacillating Feet A first Necessity.
. . . Do you see things in black and white, or are there shades of gray for you?" "I hope there's gray. . . Black and white make things easier, but only if you don't want to think.