Theo Epstein Quotes

You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.

A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.

You can always argue you're never good enough until you win the Super Bowl. And even then, you're going to lose players, and you're not good enough then, either.

I've spent 34 years associated with the Cubs, and part of the reason I've stayed in baseball is because I want to be part of a World Series winner.

To play meaningful games and try and win a division, a pennant, a World Series, that's what it's all about. That's the thing I'm most proud of.

To win the World Series, you have to be able to do a lot of things well.

Watching guys win the World Series looks like a lot of fun. I'd kind of like to do that.

Each year, you are playing to win. That is Manchester's culture.

We know how hard it is to make the World Series; to do it two years in a row is really special. I know how lucky I am to be a part of it two years in a row.

When you taste winning the World Series, you want to do that every year.

I'm thinking bigger picture; I want a championship.

I always hear commentators talking about squads that have been around and that have won things; they always mention the experience of winning and knowing what it takes to win. They have only got that through winning trophies and winning competitions.

That's what the game is all about. It's winning.

All the individual stuff is great, but I just want to win a World Series.

You play this game, that's what you play this game for. You play the game to go to the Super Bowl and that's the only reason why we play to win and make it to the Super Bowl. So anything short of that would not be acceptable and I think my teammates know that as well.

What I made clear to our front office is we're going to be judged by wins and losses. It isn't about having a marquee star player and coming in last place. That's not what Lakers basketball is. Lakers basketball is winning basketball.

I know what it takes to win, and I've helped lead teams to winning cultures.

That's why we play. That's why we train. That's why we do everything in the offseason. It is to win a World Series.

For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.

I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title.

I have three beautiful children and a World Series ring. That's all I need.

I don't want to be the biggest superstar. I want to be good at my job, and I want my work to go down in posterity. I am working for the longevity of my career.