“I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'”

“One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.”

“I only wear two rings: a wedding ring and my World Series ring.”

“He's one of those Christmas Eve guys. There are people like that. . . every day in their lives is Christmas Eve.”

“Higher-level capture devices, because they are complicated and involve novel applications of new technologies, tend to fail in unexpected ways. Thus, only after some years was it realized that Hot ...”

“Winning isn't everything--but wanting to win is.”

“Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.”