Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture.

Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species.

Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.

I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.

You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.

Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.

Baseball is a man maker.

Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?

What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty.

He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an outstanding talent. I didn't realize how tall he is.

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick it up.

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works.

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.