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Bill James Quotes

You’re just too poor to get rich Picture Quote #1

I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many people pushing to get to the top in sports that 100 people are crushed for each one who breaks through. This is unfortunate Picture Quote #1

Crime shapes how we think about the world; it shapes social decisions that we make; it shapes our base of knowledge. But we don’t talk about it intelligently Picture Quote #1

There are many things that you can’t measure. But the great fun of what I do for a living is figuring out ways to measure things that people previously considered intangible Picture Quote #1

Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It’s the same with baseball statistics Picture Quote #1

Bunting is usually a waste of time. The - generally, yeah, I mean, if you think about it, bunt is the only play in baseball that both sides applaud. The - if the home team bunts, you get a base. The home team applauds because they get an out, and the other team applauds because they get a base. So what does that tell you? Picture Quote #1

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If a candidate for office starts talking about thinning the deer population or investing in barriers to reduce the number of deer on the highways, the other side will probably just ignore him, because they’re not going to know what to say about it. But there is a chance that the issue will resonate with voters in an unexpected way Picture Quote #1

Baseball would be a quite remarkable activity if it was the one place in the world where your co-workers didn’t have any impact on how productive you were. But in fact, baseball is a high-stress occupation, and those sort of stress-inducing activities... just have a huge impact on how the team functions, I think Picture Quote #1

The fact is that everybody around a college basketball game - the coaches, the announcers, even the referees at a lower level - calculates when the game is really over. They calculate it with intuition and guesswork Picture Quote #1

You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don’t even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean? Picture Quote #1

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period Picture Quote #1

I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I’m with my family, my mind tends to drift toward baseball Picture Quote #1

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Professionalism in law has brought us the O.J. Simpson case in lieu of justice Picture Quote #1

We need new athletes all the time because we need new games every day - fudging just a little on the definition of the word ‘need.’ We like to have new games every day, and, if we are to have a constant and endless flow of games, we need a constant flow of athletes Picture Quote #1

Some people give themselves over to their most evil desires, and those people becomes evil. But in general, it’s reductive to think of evil as something foreign and separate from the rest of us. Evil is part of everyone. We all have the capacity to commit evil acts Picture Quote #1

It’s easy for people to grow up in our society believing that certain lifestyles are risk free when they certainly are not Picture Quote #1

None of us are claiming that the statistical analysts understand the game of football as well as the football coaches do, or that our analysis should take precedence over the informed opinions of experts. I’m not saying that at all Picture Quote #1

It’s extremely damaging to a fair trial to have people reaching judgment about the case in the newspapers and on the radio before the facts are heard in a case Picture Quote #1

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There are, I believe, many more false confessions to murders than true confessions Picture Quote #1

When I was a small kid, I grew up in the newspapers Picture Quote #1

Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws Picture Quote #1

Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break Picture Quote #1

Television is full of fictional and real violence that’s turned into entertainment Picture Quote #1

Visualizing the movement finally got me over the top after months of practice Picture Quote #1

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You can’t ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections Picture Quote #1

I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes! Picture Quote #1

Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do Picture Quote #1

Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened Picture Quote #1

Do people really believe there’s something different about the eyes of murderers? Picture Quote #1

Serial murders are just the worst stories. It can take an emotional toll on you Picture Quote #1

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You’re just too poor to get rich (Bill James Quotes) I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many people pushing to get to the top in sports that 100 people are crushed for each one who breaks through. This is unfortunate (Bill James Quotes) Crime shapes how we think about the world; it shapes social decisions that we make; it shapes our base of knowledge. But we don’t talk about it intelligently (Bill James Quotes) There are many things that you can’t measure. But the great fun of what I do for a living is figuring out ways to measure things that people previously considered intangible (Bill James Quotes) Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It’s the same with baseball statistics (Bill James Quotes) Bunting is usually a waste of time. The - generally, yeah, I mean, if you think about it, bunt is the only play in baseball that both sides applaud. The - if the home team bunts, you get a base. The home team applauds because they get an out, and the other team applauds because they get a base. So what does that tell you? (Bill James Quotes) If a candidate for office starts talking about thinning the deer population or investing in barriers to reduce the number of deer on the highways, the other side will probably just ignore him, because they’re not going to know what to say about it. But there is a chance that the issue will resonate with voters in an unexpected way (Bill James Quotes) Baseball would be a quite remarkable activity if it was the one place in the world where your co-workers didn’t have any impact on how productive you were. But in fact, baseball is a high-stress occupation, and those sort of stress-inducing activities... just have a huge impact on how the team functions, I think (Bill James Quotes) The fact is that everybody around a college basketball game - the coaches, the announcers, even the referees at a lower level - calculates when the game is really over. They calculate it with intuition and guesswork (Bill James Quotes) You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don’t even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean? (Bill James Quotes) When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period. (Bill James Quotes) I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I’m with my family, my mind tends to drift toward baseball. (Bill James Quotes) Professionalism in law has brought us the O.J. Simpson case in lieu of justice. (Bill James Quotes) We need new athletes all the time because we need new games every day - fudging just a little on the definition of the word ‘need.’ We like to have new games every day, and, if we are to have a constant and endless flow of games, we need a constant flow of athletes. (Bill James Quotes) Some people give themselves over to their most evil desires, and those people becomes evil. But in general, it’s reductive to think of evil as something foreign and separate from the rest of us. Evil is part of everyone. We all have the capacity to commit evil acts. (Bill James Quotes) It’s easy for people to grow up in our society believing that certain lifestyles are risk free when they certainly are not. (Bill James Quotes) None of us are claiming that the statistical analysts understand the game of football as well as the football coaches do, or that our analysis should take precedence over the informed opinions of experts. I’m not saying that at all. (Bill James Quotes) It’s extremely damaging to a fair trial to have people reaching judgment about the case in the newspapers and on the radio before the facts are heard in a case. (Bill James Quotes) There are, I believe, many more false confessions to murders than true confessions (Bill James Quotes) When I was a small kid, I grew up in the newspapers (Bill James Quotes) Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws (Bill James Quotes) Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break (Bill James Quotes) Television is full of fictional and real violence that’s turned into entertainment (Bill James Quotes) Visualizing the movement finally got me over the top after months of practice (Bill James Quotes) You can’t ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections (Bill James Quotes) I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes! (Bill James Quotes) Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do (Bill James Quotes) Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened (Bill James Quotes) Do people really believe there’s something different about the eyes of murderers? (Bill James Quotes) Serial murders are just the worst stories. It can take an emotional toll on you (Bill James Quotes)

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