47 Quotes by Mike Schmidt

One of the things that DARPA helps provide is funding to get a technology to a certain maturity level, ... That makes DARPA more important in the rolling out of technologies from the defense industry because the market now demands that maturity.

Pete's confession lacked one major thing in Bud's mind: remorse. I spoke to Bud later, and he told me he got the confession he had expected, but not the expression of genuine remorse he had hoped for.

Personally, I think the timing and manner of the book's release, given that it overshadowed the New York Hall of Fame news conference, sealed Pete's fate. For some reason, the commissioner wants to keep Pete on permanent hold.

I'm always there for Pete. Major League Baseball has created this Pete Rose purgatory, and that's where he is. I don't think he would mind if the commissioner said no, if the committee voted no.

Gold Gloves are nice to have people mention. They're basically saying you're a pretty good defensive player along with everything else. But I was about the offensive side.

I think the Baseball Hall of Fame should take a stronger position on a lot of issues,

I was in a room with two guys who could have been my sons. ... We laughed and talked and told stories, ... I'm leaving St. Petersburg with a fantastic feeling about the interview.

That was one of the most comfortable things about leaving baseball was to leave the environment. It's very much like a rock star existence - the nightlife, the hotels, lack of privacy... There's a lot of temptations out there. It was nice getting away from it.

Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead.