Quotes tagged ‘Evolution of Business’

“People are overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Age, appearance, personality. Bill James and mathematics cut straight through that.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, amazon.com

“It's about getting things down to one number. Using stats the way we read them, we'll find value in players that no body else can see.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, amazon.com

“Yale, economics, baseball. You're funny.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Billy Beane, Brad Pitt, amazon.com

“Baseball thinking is midevil. They are asking all the wrong questions. And if I say anything I get ostrisized. I'm a lepper.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, amazon.com

“Ok, think in terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to buy players it should be to buy wins. And in order to buy wins you have to buy runs.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, amazon.com

“There is an epidemic failure within the game to understand what's really happening. This leaves those who run Major League Baseball teams to misjudge their players and mismanage their teams.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, amazon.com

“It's an unfair game. Now we've been gutted, organ donors for the rich. Bostons taking our kidneys. Yankee's taking our heart. You guys are taking the same old good body nonsense like we're selling jeans. Like we're looking for Fabio.”

— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Billy Beane, Brad Pitt, amazon.com

“The point I'm making here is that as we grew the challenges grew with us. But we turned just about every situation into a learning opportunity.”

— Chip Gaines, amazon.com