It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

He's done a terrific job from day one. Being the general manager of a baseball team is a very difficult job. Theo gives it everything he has in a very determined measure and selfless way. And he does it with great intelligence, discipline, honesty and humility. His record of results speaks for itself.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.

It's really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, ... The situation is just so tenuous with where it's going to hit. You don't want to take any chances.

Co-division champs. That's what I'm calling it. I can understand why there isn't [a playoff], but frankly, I would have liked to have had one. It would have been nice to settle the division championship.

I think we should refrain from further comment.

Every postseason is wide open. When you have eight teams get in, no one team can have even a 20 percent chance of winning.

I really don't. You never know in a short series what can happen. Anaheim has the home-field advantage against New York. So who knows?

Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would happen.

Because of the long-term complications of cocaine use, we are looking at a healthcare time bomb.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

I imagined Theo was going to be general manager for the rest of my life.