How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which... 90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our pocket of excellence is that 75% of [American] students have learned to critique tactfully?.
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If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go read more
If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too.
(after winning the Grand Slam Cup.)
It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too.
(after winning the Grand Slam Cup.)
He said, 'Gosh, Dad, that mean's we're not going to any more bowl games.'
(on his 11-year-old son's reaction read more
He said, 'Gosh, Dad, that mean's we're not going to any more bowl games.'
(on his 11-year-old son's reaction after he took the job with the Boilermakers)
There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and read more
There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque. rn
He wants Texas back.
(when asked what terms Mexican-born pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela might settle for in his upcoming read more
He wants Texas back.
(when asked what terms Mexican-born pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela might settle for in his upcoming contract negotiations)
I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's read more
I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures.
The biggest things are often the easiest to do because there is so little competition.
The biggest things are often the easiest to do because there is so little competition.
Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
I told [GM] Roland Hemond to go out and get me a big name pitcher. He said, 'Dave Wehrmeister's got read more
I told [GM] Roland Hemond to go out and get me a big name pitcher. He said, 'Dave Wehrmeister's got 11 letters. Is that a big enough name for you ?' (White Sox owner)
