Billy Beane Quotes

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

The idea that I [should] trust my eyes more than the stats, I don't buy that because I've seen magicians pull rabbits out of hats and I know that the rabbit's not in there.

When your enemy's making mistakes, don't interrupt him.

No matter how successful you are, change is always good.

You have to face reality some time. But there's no sense in facing it until somebody forces you to.

I made one decision in my life based on money and I swore I would never do it again.

I hate losing more than I want to win.

Certainly, you're not going to able to go and pull a Mark Mulder out of your hat somewhere.

It’s hard not to be romantic about baseball