I am reciting history, general, but it is necessary to recall it to your mind in order that you may understand America.

He switched majors from journalism to economics, convinced that it offered him the best way to understand America.

And surely if Europeans understood baseball better, they would also understand America better.

Napoleon said if you wanted to understand America you first had to understand baseball.

I make a profound statement: To understand America you must first understand baseball.

They used to say that to understand America, you had to understand baseball.

All these intelligent, well-motivated people talking about important things and trying to understand America.

And you can't understand the world today if you don't understand America.

To understand America, you first have to understand baseball.

Some philosopher once said that to understand America, you have to understand the game of baseball.