Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.
Starting in a World Cup is always complicated, hard, and important. When you start well... The rest of the competitors are watching. I think it's the most important match in a World Cup, along with the final.
Three months. I was playing the organ for three months. It was a challenge for me in the beginning.
I think for any small business that's bootstrapped, the overwhelming challenge initially is getting to positive cash flow.
I knew my first game at Everton wasn't going to be a stroll around the pitch.
He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it.
The opener is always very difficult every single year. It Really doesn't matter whom you play. The opener is difficult because you've got more time to prepare for one game than you do any game the rest of the year because you've got all spring, all summer to prepare for this opponent.
It's like fishing -- you got to get that first one in the boat. Once you get that first one, the skunk is off the boat and everything's cool from then on. You've got to get that first one. Once he gets the first one, I know he'll be fine.