Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.

Just from learning [by] what Jason went through, I know it doesn't matter who you are, you're going to have criticism. I expect that. I know it's going to come. I just have to block it out and overcome it and just go out there and prove what I can do.

I'm confident that we'll establish a good program. It's going to be an ongoing process of coaches and players learning each other. This is the time to lay the groundwork.

(Steinbrenner) was the one who encouraged it. He got me thinking about coaching and managing and learning that side of the game. And who thought a year later (1986) I'd be managing?

I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.

Why is it you trust my daughter so much when others almost universally revile her?"
"I consider their disdain for her to be a recommendation," he said.
"She is a heretic."
"She refused to join any of the devotaries because she did not believe in their teachings. Rather than compromise for the sake of appearances, she has been honest and has refused to make professions she does not believe. I find that a sign of honor.