To Go From Yale To The National

On A Good Day, I View The Job [of President] As Directing An Orchestra. On The Dark Days, It Is More Like That Of A Clutch -- Engaging The Engine To Effect Forward Motion, While Taking Greater Friction.

Baseball Has Undergone And Absorbed A Whole Set Of Dislocations.

Winning Has A Joy And Discrete Purity To It That Cannot Be Replaced By Anything Else. Winning Is Important To Any Man's Or Woman's Sense Of Satisfaction And Well-being. Winning Is Not Everything; But It Is Something Powerful, Indeed Beautiful, In Itself, Something As Necessary To The Strong Spirit As Striving Is Necessary To The Healthy Character.

People Will Say I'm An Idealist. I Hope So.

I'm Not Going To Sit Here Now And Say 'do This,' Or 'do That.' But You Must - Must - Expunge Any Vestige Of Racism.