Billy Beane Quotes

• How can you not be romantic about baseball?

  Billy Beane

  Baseball, Best Baseball

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• 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.

  Billy Beane

  Volleyball, Eye, Ideas

  "How computer analysts took over at Britain's top football clubs" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2014.

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

  Billy Beane

  Successful, Matter

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• I hate losing more than I want to win.

  Billy Beane

  Hate, Winning, Want

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

  Billy Beane

  Mistake, Making Mistakes, Enemy

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

  Billy Beane

  Decision, Made

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• It’s hard not to be romantic about baseball

  Billy Beane

  Baseball, Hard

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

  Billy Beane

  Baseball, Reality, Faces

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• You know, I'd actually say Lionel Messi. He's so remarkable, watching him play he's probably still undervalued. When you're scoring five goals in one Champions League match, there's no value that's too high.

  Billy Beane

  Champions League, Play, Goal

  "Billy Beane leaves Moneyball behind to refocus on statistical truths" by Simon Burnton, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2012.

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

  Billy Beane

  Able, Hats, Mark

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