Theo Epstein Quotes

You play 20 games, you have one bad game, I think any team in this league will live with that.

The postseason is more important than stats even though I do want them.

Nobody ever had too many of them (pitchers).

My interest is in the Wests Tigers. Nobody can support a team that is all the time on the bottom; that's a waste of time.

To me the most important thing was stirring things up and scoring some runs so we could win a ballgame.

During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe had three, but today they have a lot of depth. They have a lot of long relievers, short relievers, and the strategy is different.

Unfortunately, sometimes the fans forget who puts the money and passion into the club. It's funny, but when you win, it's the coach and the players who are responsible, but when you lose, it's the owner's fault; but that's football.

We have to have great pitching performances from our guys, and we have to take it from there.

The simplest way to win in the National Football League is to knock out the starting quarterback. You know, throughout the years, history has proven if your number one quarterback goes down, your chances for success become very limited.

Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time.

Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see how any of them get enough work. Four starting pitchers and one relief man ought to be enough. Pitch 'em every three days and you'd find they'd get control and good, strong arms.

Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions.

To say that the captain makes the team lose or win is not correct.

Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defense wins.

A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.

For me, the game starts with starting pitching.

If I'm playing bad, then I know we're not winning a lot of games, and we're definitely not No. 1 in pass defense.

You cannot just allow your team to stink.

Some guys have to score more off the bench because that's what their team needs. But some other teams need someone that's going to assist or rebound. It all depends on what he brings to that team and how much it helps their win-loss record and how much they change their team.

To win a World Series, the whole team has to be hot, everything has to go your way.

I think anytime that you can eliminate the big hit, it's obviously not only going to be good for your team, but it's going to be good for yourself.

We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher you know can hit, that's not fun. I think taking pride in that, and being able to hit helps your own cause.

I don't care how you get the outs. It doesn't matter to me how bad it looks, how good it looks, how many strikeouts you have. None of that stuff matters as long as you get the outs.

It doesn't matter how well you play individually if the team isn't winning.

Defense is so important for helping your team win games and for the game in general.