There's Nothing Bad That Accrues From Baseball.

Teachers Believe They Have A Gift For Giving; It Drives Them With The Same Irrepressible Drive That Drives Others To Create A Work Of Art Or A Market Or A Building.

Talking To Yogi Berra About Baseball Is Like Talking To Homer About The Gods.

On A Good Day, I View The Job [of President] As Directing An Orchestra. On The Dark Days, It Is More Like That Of A Clutch -- Engaging The Engine To Effect Forward Motion, While Taking Greater Friction.

The University Is Our Culture's Assertion That What Is Made By The Mind Has Value And Can Convey Values.

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.