"I had a great first year and Mr. MacDonald was my biggest supporter. He gave me the encouragement I needed that first year to get my career started on a positive note."

"My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing."

"As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire's job. That doesn't mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive today's managers a bit differently."

"My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs."

"I went from not knowing anything to becoming really curious and wanting to know and respecting people in the industry, realizing how hard they work. I will always be thankful for 'Top Model' for that."

"All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness."

"Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school."

"But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similarities work together it's how our differences work together."