"There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer."
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
Michael Jordan on Sports"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."
Mark Twain on Sports"Golf is a good walk spoiled."
Mark Twain on Sports"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson on Sports"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."
Henry David Thoreau on Sports"I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career."
"I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset."
"I've helped create over 400 jobs in the worst economy of my lifetime. That's cool."
"Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death."
"The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime."