Quote by George F. Will (b. 1941)

• Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses.

• Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

• Baseball is Heaven's gift to mortals.

• We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual.

• Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.

• We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.