Basketball is a game. Baseball is a religion. Baseball is American.

Discrimination and prejudice of any kind have no place in sports or in our society.

Paul Konerko is one of the greatest players in White Sox history, not only for his strength and performance on the field, but also for his heart and leadership off the field.

I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed.

When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it.

I only had one player in my 33 years of sports that couldn't be traded. He wore No. 23 - and 45 when he played baseball.

We strongly believe that children should not be exposed to smokeless tobacco or see such products being used by their on-field sports heroes.

Buddy I have lived through three wars and several major political skirmishes. You can't beat me down with your boring-to-death sales pitches.

She wanted him to tell her that when you love someone so hard and so fierce, it was all right to do things that you knew were wrong.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

I do not play games. There is not time for it. When I get through with work, I don't want anything that requires the working of the mind.

I start from something considered dead and arrive at a world. And when I put a title on it, it becomes even more alive.

We carry the flame for all to see, the fire and passion of what we can be.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

Why tie to gold? Why not 1982 Bordeaux?

Estragon: Suppose we repented. Vladimir: Repented what? Estragon: Oh...(He reflects.) We wouldn’t have to go into the details. Vladimir: Our being born?

Solitude is one of our great superpowers... Solitude is the key to being able to make effective decisions and then having the courage of convictions to stand behind those decisions.