Quotable quotes: baseball on business
July 27, 2008 by Miki Saxon
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Ever notice how apropos a comment made about one thing is for something totally unrelated?
I found these quotes about baseball by baseball greats and laughed at how well they fit the current business climate.
“Finish last in your league and they call you Idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you Doctor”. –Abe Lemons (Or CEO if it’s business school.)
“Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last.” –Leo Durocher (Business really took this advice to heart, think Joe Nacchio, Ken Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, Chainsaw Al Dunlap, the list goes on and on.)
“Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.” Bill Terry (Does this mean that business will survive short-term Wall Street thinking?)
What can you add?
Your comments—priceless
A great quote from the Sultan of Swill, I mean, Swat… Babe Ruth:
“Sometimes I reflect on all the beer I drink and I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. So I think, ‘It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.’”
Sean, Thanks for stopping by and reminding us that selflessness and altruism are traits worth emulating:)
When I die, there will be many a brewery worker tipping a glass in my honor.
I’m just proud that I could make a difference.
I’m not much help to the brewery folk—they’ll probably cheer when I’m gone.
But some of the wineries might miss me:)
“Slump? I ain’t in no slump. I just ain’t hitting.” Yogi Berra
The market isn’t in a recession it’s just not growing.
Luke, thoughts like that one make me wonder if you’re considering working for the government or a politician:)