Joe Maddon
When you have good baseball players, you have a chance to win. And when you don't, you don't.Collection: Chance
Great times, beautiful place, Boulder. In fact, that's where I proposed to Jaye when I took her back there. In the parking lot of Baseline Liquors!Collection: Great
When you are working with a highly professional, motivated group that is accountable, the more freedom you give that group, the more discipline you're going to get in return.Collection: Freedom
The one thing I've always felt - and I might be naive - is that if you nurture a particular situation regarding relationships at a very young age, that you may have a better chance to keep a group of players together.Collection: Chance
If it looks sexy, wear it.
Never permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure of the moment, ever.
You have to get uncomfortable to meet your goals.
I work from a position of positivity always. I don't dwell on negativity, and I always believe something better's on the horizon.
Baseball is not an emotional game, we have to get your brain working. Baseball, you have to have your wits about you when you go out there so you have to be not emotional.
I think I've had some of my better ideas on a bicycle.
I don't want to be a 66-year-old man banging on youth, because that's not my agenda.
I spent two summers managing the Midland Angels.
What's going on in the game today... it's data vs. art - that's what it comes down to for me. Art being the human heartbeat, data being numbers, the math, etc. I believe there's a balance to be struck right there.
I'll never forget the first time I rode a bike with pedal straps. I stopped at a traffic light and fell over like Arte Johnson in 'Laugh-In.'
I was lucky enough to be a part of the first Angels team to win a World Series title and I look forward to the opportunity to bring Angel fans their second championship.
At the end of the day, it's all about the players. We can talk methodology or analytics, but it's about the guys on the field.
You can get caught up in the game, just like everybody else in the park. But I can't play favorites and hope this guy gets a hit or that guy gets an out. I have to make decisions based on data and common sense. I have to manage every game to win.
A five-year shelf life in Chicago is almost equivalent to five to 10 somewhere else.
I'm a journey guy. I'm motivated by the day.
The Rays are kind of the envy of the industry based on so many good arms with so much good stuff and they seem to be able to handle high leverage moments... Nobody develops and executes pitching as well as they do, and that's a big part of their success.
The Trop is not a major-league facility; it has nice air-conditioning.
I've always kind of stayed free of coaching because I really want to stay out of coaches' way so they can do their job.
You really need to travel to other major-league venues to understand what you're missing.
Good players go into a season without a contract for the next year.
You could say 'lame duck' or you could use 'free agent.' I think they are both the same term.
I think there's a reason why fans have been turned off a bit by our game. That's because the game looks the same no matter where you go.
It's much more fun to be involved, much more fun to be under the scrutiny, much more fun to be second-guessed than to not.
To just be all analytically inclined or heartbeat inclined, you are going to lose; you are not going to be the best version of yourself.
Anybody can write anything they want these days with social media, blogging, etc.
If you permit yourself, you can fill your day up pretty easily.
I make spaghetti and meatballs, I got that from my mom.
With wine, you don't really have to know what you're talking about, you just have to know what you like.
I like California wine, I really like wines from Washington state. I love wines from Spain and Italy. I don't know about French wines at all.
There are some pretty darn good bottles of wine for $50. I think I can tell that from a bottle of wine that costs $15 or $20.
I did not like leaving the Rays so abruptly.
I promise you, your hotel room is going to be no more comfortable than my RV. And I'm going to tell you, you might prefer my RV. I swear to God, it's really that comfortable. Awnings outside, and if you want to cook outside, a tailgate kind of thing. There's a fridge that's underneath and comes outside. It's beautiful.
I was as tight with the Cubs group as I was any group.
My intent for the Angels is we're going to play extremely well.
If the playing field is not level, if there's sign stealing going on and we're not participating ourselves, that really puts you at a great disadvantage.
My mom was a bit more excitable, but my dad was the most patient man I've ever met.
We have our own ocean, we've got a great bike trail - I love riding all the way to the turnaround at Hollywood Beach.
There is nothing wrong with change.
Sometimes it's better to run toward the fire.
But overall I've always learned to play well in the sandbox with the people I'm working with. I think that's my minor-league training.
There's nothing wrong with having a good party. So if you have an opportunity to have a good party, go out and have one.
Listen, the word 'party' has taken on a negative connotation in our country these days. It's really bumming me out.
There is no Game 7 without winning Game 6. And there is no Game 8 if you don't win Game 7. That's why you do what you have to do.
Of course you don't want to make outs on the bases , but there are times you have to be assertive in order to get other things that you want.
If you don't have a team that can run, you have to put the big gloves on and duke it out.
Once you get the hang of how all this works, it's no biggie. It's baseball, man. It's baseball.