“Sign up for anything that appeals to you and quit when you get bored.”

—Duke English professor Cathy N. Davidson on MOOCs, which she “teaches.”

“It’s frustrating. We were close, but we didn’t make the playoffs. At the same time we have to be, not satisfied, but at least we got this far because we didn’t have most of the [injured] guys this season. It was close, but there’s nothing else you can do.”

—Yankee second baseman Robinson Cano on the team’s failure to make the playoffs—showing the same passion and drive with which he runs to first base.

(Both quotes are printed in today’s NYT.)