Theo Epstein Quotes

I definitely want to be in a place where I can win long-term and be a part of World Series teams for many years to come.

We don't just want to win the Super Bowl, we want to make a dynasty. I want to be a player who makes that a reality.

We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship.

I think being able to make the playoffs alone is an outstanding accomplishment alone and something not a lot of people get to experience in their careers.

We have the talent in place, and I think if you are a Jaguars fan, you should be excited, and you should have some expectations that we're going to be a sustainable, winning organization now.

I don't want to go to a team that's only won a few amount of games, but it doesn't have to be a contender.

The Spurs, obviously - you look at an organization like that and say that's what you want to be consistent, because they've become consistent. That's what you start striving for night in and night out.

I just wanted to be around a positive organization that's used to winning and plays the game the right way. Milwaukee, they're not used to winning. I just wasn't going to go for it at the end of my career.

I do not necessarily want to play for the best team in the world. I would prefer to win the Champions League with Dortmund than six with another club.

I think that's kind of the common theme when you talk about any good team. Not only do you have the talent and the type of players that allow you to win that many games, but you have to win the ugly ones.

To compete with the great teams in Europe, you have to invest money. There is no other way to reach that kind of level.

Making the playoffs is hard to come by, so if you can help contribute to your team's success it's always a successful time.

When I was growing up, I was a huge San Francisco 49ers fan. The New England Patriots have a similar mold and plan to win a lot of games - reminiscent to that Bill Walsh era.

I've learned that the first half of the season is always very important.

We want to make the Cleveland Cavaliers a perennial champion and contender. We want people to be part of the franchise for long periods of time if they fit our culture, no matter who they are, whether it's LeBron or anybody that contributes.

What's great is what Coach Popovich and R.C. Buford and the whole family have done a great job in continuing to build the franchise and still be very, very competitive.

I have always said that great players must always play for the great clubs.

Expectation builds the one thing you must have when you get to a new stadium when it's built, which is a winning team.

When you have a coach that is a competitor, that wants to win more than anything else, it really carries over to the team.

I'm a person who believes that if a team that's producing a champion and producing contenders in that same division, then the coaches should be proud of that and pat themselves on the back because they're really creating a dynasty, so that's the way I take it.

The expectation at United is to win every game and you have to be at your very best in training, never mind in the games.

I think playoff experience matters for sure.

Of course, it is difficult to arrive at a big team in the first place, but it is even harder to stay there.

I just want to help, first of all, the Chicago Fire to grow, to change the mentality to a winning team, and to reach the playoffs. That's my goal. But also to change the game style into a team which is able to control every opponent.

I've been to playoffs before. That should be everybody's goal is the playoffs.