In war there is no substitute for victory.
The contrast between the familiar and the exceptional was everywhere around me. A bullock cart was drawn up beside a modern sports car at a traffic signal. A man squatted to relieve himself behind the discreet shelter of a satellite dish. An electric...
Mrs. Scatcherd raps Dutchy's knuckles several times with a long wooden ruler, though it seems to me a halfhearted penalty. He barely winces, then shakes his hands twice in the air and winks at me. Truly , there isn't much more she can do. Stripped of...
Let's worry like mad. Shall we start on a worldwide basis and work down to ourselves, or start with ourselves and spread?" "I'm going to do me-and-Peter and that dead man." "All right. I'm just going to do a wee one about Bunny and then I'll join you...
...she imagines her body curled in the narrow monk's bed, knees to chin, her own irrefutable geography, but she sees the blood of her futile heart seeping out over her chest and arms and legs, flooding across the rough wooden floor, down the narrow w...
It's amazing what you can learn to get used to.
I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.
Art imitates life. Life imitates high school.
I'm a professional; I feel I'm one of the best in the game.
I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all.
My best move is probably my pull up jump shot.
Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.
I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake.
Kids get influenced by other kids.
The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.
Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.
You have to step up when your number is called.
I am a big barbecue-sauce guy.
I don't want to have to hide from the world anymore.
Probably the most dramatic pieces in my wardrobe would be capes.
