There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National Football League.

One of the great rules of hockey is: On the Stanley Cup, all germs are healthy.

Here's one thing I never say anymore: These people can't be that stupid, can they?

In August of 1921, one of the great American combinations was unveiled—even better than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fortuitous new blend was radio and baseball.

Those of us who have tested gravity under a hoop know its mystical properties. Robin Layton, as I would have expected, has turned this staple of Americana into a gorgeous art form.

Baseball is all about stories, many of which are even true.

Every championship, by definition, is historic.

Baseball outfits went through their gaudy period during the disco '70's, when the White Sox looked like softball players and the Athletics looked like 'Saturday Night Fever' personified.

I love hockey because of the respect for history and for the game itself.

I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.

There may not be much future for the kind of sports column I did.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

I think when I work with actors it's all about a process of learning to be private in public, instead of performing in public. Which is what women do: we perform, especially our sexuality.

I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.

There are things in Russia which are not as they seem.

The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt.

You dont live on the Earth you want, you live on the Earth you have.

There's always some relief in giving up.

Didn't we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I'm older than my parents were when I thought they were old.

They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing cause that's a way of understanding life.

When you're a weird geek, the way to sell yourself is to show your skills.