Moneyball is an American sports drama movie. It stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane. The movie is based on the real story of General Manager Billy Beane of Oakland A’s who aspires to achieve great results with the least expense. It is one of the blockbuster movies and it has an IMDb rating of 7.6/10. Here are the best badass quotes from the Moneyball movie for a dose of motivation-
Best Moneyball Quotes
1. It’s hard not to be romantic about baseball. This kind of thing, it’s fun for the fans. It sells tickets and hot dogs. Doesn’t mean anything. ~Billy Beane
2. I hate losing more than I love winning. ~Billy Beane
3. Your goal shouldn’t be to buy players. Your goal should be to buy wins. In order to buy wins, you need to buy runs. ~Peter Brand
4. For $41 million, you built a playoff team. You lost Damon, Giambi, Isringhausen, Pena…and you won more games without them than you did with them. ~John Hnery
5. Adapt or die. ~Billy Beane
Inspiring Quotes From Moneyball
6. If we win—on our budget with this team—we’ll change the game. And that’s what I want, I want it to mean something. ~Billy Beane
7. You’re smart, you get what we’re trying to do here. Make an example for the younger guys, be a leader. Can you do that? ~Billy Beane
8. When you get the answer you’re looking for, hang up. ~Billy Beane
9. People are overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Age, appearance, personality. ~Peter Brand
10. When your enemy’s making mistakes, don’t interrupt him. ~Billy Beane
11. It’s about getting things down to one number. Using the stats the way we read them, we’ll find value in players that no one else can see. ~Peter Brand
12. If we don’t win the last game of the series, they’ll dismiss us. I know these guys, I know the way they think, and they will erase us. ~Billy Beane
13. There are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then, there’s 50 feet of crap. And then there’s us. ~Billy Beane
Baseball Quotes From Moneyball Movie
14. If he’s a good hitter, why doesn’t he hit good? ~Billy Beane
15. I’m not paying you for the player you used to be, I’m paying you for the player you are right now. ~Billy Beane
16. Billy, we just won twenty games in a row. ~Peter Brand
17. Peña is not only the best first baseman on the roster, he’s the only first baseman on the roster. ~Art Howe
18. I want you to see these player evaluations that you asked me to do. ~Peter Brand
19. Artie’s right. This guy’s got an attitude, and an attitude is good. ~John Poloni
20. Yale, economics, and baseball… you’re funny, Pete. ~Billy Beane
21. I did 47 player evaluations…actually, I did 51. I don’t know why I lied just now. ~Peter Brandt
22. It’s about getting things down to one number. Using stats the way we read them, we can find value in players that nobody else can see. ~Peter Brandt
23. The first guy through the wall always gets bloody. ~John Henry
24. If we try to play like the Yankees in here, we will lose to the Yankees out there. ~Billy Beane
25. You don’t have a crystal ball. You can’t look at a kid and predict his future anymore than I can. ~Billy Beane
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