“The author says his young son, adopted from South Korea, occasionally burps and says thank you but otherwise is doing all right.”

“The pitching coach was bugged by the author's technique because he had never seen anyone do it before, and besides, it wasn't the coach's idea.”

“The author emphasizes the importance of self-forgetfulness when his statistics were marred by a bad outing. He forgot all of that outing to such an extent that he quipped, "What was my name?”

“Front offices are more interested in players that are far than players that are near.”

“The older they get, the better they get when they were younger”

“High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game.”

“The book was blunt and had an honesty about it, whereas the movie was just a beautiful lie.”

“Andrew Davies has said he prefers his authors dead, and I can see there is only a limited usefulness in a live one when it comes to adaptation.”

“In America, film is the highest form of art that the public aspires to. People will come to me and say Oh, your book was so good, they ought to make a movie out of it! To which I reply Well, why? I...”

“once sailed neither the ship nor the shore ever remains the same again.”

“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”

“One day spent with someone you love can change everything.”

“Jesus-shaped spirituality hears Jesus say "believe and repent," but the call that resonates most closely in the heart of a disciple is "follow me." The command to follow requires that we take a dai...”

“The engine that drives all your activities is hope. What you hope in shapes you.”

“I assumed my first undivided responsibility.”