“Worse, Roger erupted into outbursts of uncontrollable rage, without apparent cause. In time I learned that this was one symptom of what… — Roger Kahn Bipolar disorder Copy Share Image
“Dear Dad: After twenty-two years in the amusement park, this roller coaster isn’t fun any more, so I’m getting off the ride.… — Roger Kahn Dad Copy Share Image
You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is… — Roger Kahn Baseball Copy Share Image
“Poor kid, I thought, to do this to yourself at twenty-three and leave a note that tells me you could have been… — Roger Kahn Writing Copy Share Image
Robinson did not merely play at center stage. He was center stage; and wherever he walked, center stage moved with him. — Roger Kahn Center stage Copy Share Image
Basketball, hockey and track meets are action heaped upon action, climax upon climax, until the onlooker's responses become deadened. Baseball is for… — Roger Kahn Action Copy Share Image
Baseball is for the leisurely afternoons of summer and for the unchanging dreams. — Roger Kahn Afternoon Copy Share Image
You may glory in a team triumphant... But you fall in love with a team in defeat. — Roger Kahn Defeat Copy Share Image
I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press. — Roger Kahn Baseball Copy Share Image
Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever… — Roger Kahn Boxing Copy Share Image
No other sporting event can compare with a good Series. The Super Bowl is a three-hour interruption in a week of drink… — Roger Kahn Bowls Copy Share Image
“Why do we remember the Boys of Summer? We remember because we were young when they were, of course. But more, we… — Roger Kahn Baseball Copy Share Image
“You need that pride in yourself, as well as a sense, when you are sitting on Page 297 of a book, that… — Roger Kahn Book Copy Share Image
To age with dignity and with courage cuts close to what it is to be a man. — Roger Kahn Age Copy Share Image
Carl Furillo was pure ballplayer. In his prime he stood six feet tall and weighed 190 pounds and there was a fluidity… — Roger Kahn Black Copy Share Image
