Theo Epstein Quotes

You have to expect failure; not everything is going to work.

As a boss, as a CEO, as a creative director, as a chef, I've learned that failure will always come. I've learned to give it a big squeeze, smile at it, humble myself to it and then use it as a springboard to send me on my way to strength, success, and fulfillment.

I have been hugely successful at times in my life, and I have also been in ruins. But the lessons I learned on the way up were just as valuable on the way down.

As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I learned more from my failures than from all of my successes put together - failures as an athlete and as a person.

My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.'

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.

I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at.

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.

A failure doesn't mean you are unworthy, nor does it preclude success on the next try.

Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a level of high quality.

I don't think anybody should do what they do in hopes of being successful. But I always expect myself to be successful at things. And if I'm not, I feel bad. I don't care for failure. I've failed at a number of things, and it's not my favorite state of mind. So I prefer success.

I don't think I was a failure. I just wasn't a success.

I'm a big believer that success is never final and failure is never fatal.

You go through tough times. What I personally believe in is you should forget the stats. But also, it pushes you to see the areas where you have to work on to be a consistent team.

In life, I think huge failures are extremely important.

Some days, I'm going to miss shots; some days, I'm not.

The most important lesson to remember is that failure is inevitable, but so is success, so rebound.

Defeat is a wonderful experience if it motivates you to never forget you're only as good as your last performance.

What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.

People learn from failure or from lack of success.

How many people are completely successful in every department of life? Not one. The most successful people are the ones who learn from their mistakes and turn their failures into opportunities.

If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize.

There will be many failures sprinkled among the successes you enjoy.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.