People Will Say I'm An Idealist. I

For Me, Baseball Is The Most Nourishing Game Outside Of Literature. They Both Are Re-tellings Of Human Experience.

Americans Have Been Remarkably Devoted To The Capacity For Belief, To Idealism. That's Why We Get Into Trouble All The Time. We're Always Viewed As Naive.

Winning Has A Joy And Discrete Purity To It That Cannot Be Replaced By Anything Else. Winning Is Important To Any Man's Or Woman's Sense Of Satisfaction And Well-being. Winning Is Not Everything; But It Is Something Powerful, Indeed Beautiful, In Itself, Something As Necessary To The Strong Spirit As Striving Is Necessary To The Healthy Character.

People Will Say I'm An Idealist. I Hope So.

To Go From Yale To The National League Is Simply To Go From One Form Of Management To Another.