Basketball, Hockey And Track Meets Are Action

You Need That Pride In Yourself, As Well As A Sense, When You Are Sitting On Page 297 Of A Book, That The Book Is Going To Be Read, That Somebody Is Going To Care. You Can't Ever Be Sure About That, But You Need The Sense That It's Important, That It's Not Typing; It's Writing.

You May Glory In A Team Triumphant... But You Fall In Love With A Team In Defeat.

Football Is Violence And Cold Weather And Sex And College Rye.

Carl Furillo Was Pure Ballplayer. In His Prime He Stood Six Feet Tall And Weighed 190 Pounds And There Was A Fluidity To His Frame You Seldom See, Among Such Sinews. His Black Hair Was Thick, And Tightly Curled. His Face Was Strong And Smooth. He Had The Look Of A Young Indomitable Centurion ... I Cannot Imagine Carl Furillo In His Prime As Anything Other Than A Ballplayer. Right Field In Brooklyn Was His Destiny.

To Age With Dignity And With Courage Cuts Close To What It Is To Be A Man.