You can be stupid once, but idiotic to do it again. I'll settle for being stupid.

I'm a great believer in the character of the club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates urgency and toughness. That elevates the talent that you have.

Even when you have three strikes, you're still not out. There is always something else you can do.

Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.

Play the game right. If you play the game intelligently and execute the fundamentals, you can win.

It's like most anything. If you want to be a loser, there's always a way to dwell on the negative. If you want to win, there's always a way to think positively.

Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life generally.

Toughest thing for me as a young manager is that a lot of my players saw me play. They know how bad I was.

We never quit trying. I know that's kind of corny, but the fact is we never quit trying. The dugout was alive even when we were behind. And sometimes it works.

There are always distractions, if you allow them.

Anything that disturbs your comfort factor is good for you.

Heat roared within him. Greedy heat. He wanted her.... She was in over her head, and it seemed... so was he.

may this poetrybe the homeyou will someday come back to.

Mother's love outlives everything

When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen.

Every true Freethinker accords to each individual the right to mental freedom. Where this freedom leads is no concern of others so long as it encroaches not upon their rights.

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master.

My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.

For me it's all about keeping things simple and feeling comfortable in what I am wearing. I prefer investing in classic well-tailored pieces.

The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.