I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an...
When I was a boy, I had a baseball team of my own. We played on a vacant lot between Ninetieth and Ninety-second streets. I had a little menagerie of my own, some pigeons, guinea pigs, and so on. On Saturday mornings, I had to take my music lesson. T...
Paula: [reading to her father] ?the Mighty Mets stormed their locker room shortly after nine o'clock on their night to remember. Released from bondage and ridicule after seven destitute seasons, they raised the roof of Shea Stadium - while their fans...
[Alfred smashes a prototype cowl with a baseball bat] Alfred Pennyworth: It's a problem with the graphite, sir. The next 10,000 will be up to specifications. Bruce Wayne: At least they gave us a discount. Alfred Pennyworth: Quite. In the, uh, meantim...
Edward Cole: [to himself, about his relative wellness while looking in a mirror at his wan face and bald head adorned with a railroad track of baseball-like stitches from his brain surgery] My God. Somewhere, some lucky guy's having a heart attack.
Why? Why should the bond between a people and their baseball team be so intense? Fenway Park is a part of it, offering a physical continuum to the bond, not only because Papi can stand in the same batter's box as Teddy Ballgame, but also because a so...
In my experience, influence is power.
Deprivation is the mother of poetry.
Beginnings are easier to find in hindsight
I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.
There are no winners in real games.
Love should never be a game.
Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
Since I've joined 'Game of Thrones,' it's been such a pleasure.
You're going to have to bring your 'A' game.
Basically, I'm more confident in my whole game.
I think everyone can enjoy games.
I don't play racing games, unless it's 'Mario Kart.'
When it came to foods it was a guessing game.
God doesn't play a particles game with the universe.
My strong game was ping pong. Relentless... steady.
