In baseball, every pitch is an opportunity, and every swing is a chance to change the game

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like

To beat opposing teams, you have to attack, and to attack, you have to take risks.

One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one’s intelligence.