"Sports bring people with each other in a manner that nothing else can. They unify us, they inspire us, as well as they offer us something to believe in"
"The best aspect of being a sporting activities follower is the emotional roller coaster. The highs are so high and the lows are so low, but it's always worth it"
"Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time"
"Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball"
"The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is stalking somebody again but that anyone cares that much about a baseball player"
"The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back"