"No one man is superior to the game."

"A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching."

"Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process."

"All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League."

"Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building."