Sam Hinkie Quotes

Any time you get a chance to acquire a really good football player, I'm all about that.

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

So I'm going to tell you, it's going to be a good year. There are good players all over this country, and it is our job as a scouting department to find them, draft them, sign them, develop them, and help us to continue to win championships. So it's going to be a good year.

Now, would we like to have that super quarterback? Absolutely. And if we have the opportunity to get that person or develop that person, that's what we'll do.

When you don't have the deepest pockets, you better have the best scouting and development.

We're not the only ones out there trying to get good players and trying to help kids.

If a better player comes along, I will try to persuade the club to get him in. Sometimes, you can do your business and all of a sudden something appears that you never expected to appear.

Every team in the league is always looking to upgrade its talent.

I want to win because I am the fastest out there instead, not by luck; then it means a lot more to you.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

You're in pro football, it's kind of interesting, because when you win, you draft last. In college football, you recruit. You gotta go after guys.

My goal is to outwork everybody in recruiting, sign the best players in the state, and turn these guys into the best team we can.

If you have talent, then success will come to you.

You want to win in the NBA you want to build a culture and teams will always do that and try to win. It's cutthroat. All 30 teams want to be that way whether they are rebuilding, have young players, have a style of play. It doesn't matter, everybody wants to win.

Destiny plays an important part, but talent and hard work is also important.

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.

Every coach wants to win, but it's not easy to do that.

If you want to be one of the best players, everything is hard.

My goal is to the best player in the NBA. That's what I'm focusing on each and every day.

No world championship has been easy for me.

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

Every season I think it's right every great team tries to improve the quality of the team.

Sascha is an unbelievable player; he's going to be a champion. Hopefully, I can get there one day. Hopefully, I can get to his level. I mean, he's still better than me. But I'll keep working hard, and hopefully we could start a little bit of a rivalry.

The phrase 'NFL combine' always sounds redundant, because the league is a combine harvester, reaping and threshing everything in its path.

If you work hard and you're somewhat talented, you'll be successful in this league.