Theo Epstein Quotes

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

I like struggle.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.

I feel like I've been proving people wrong all my life.

That's when you know you're the greatest: when you're the greatest, and people still put odds against you.

You may be in a tough time but that setback is simply a setup for a greater comeback.

No one thought I would be successful. Everyone thought I would fail. You have no idea how much courage it took for me to do this.

A man can overcome his background, even as he can overcome a skilled opponent.

Basketball is what got me out of the projects. It got my momma the house she never had, the car she never had. Nobody is going to get the best of me. You might score more points than me, but you're going to know you were in a dogfight.

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

When I was coming up as an entrepreneur, I had to fight for everything I got, and there was no clear roadmap of how to be successful.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me.

Every time I've failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.