114 Quotes by Billy Beane

(Macha) did a fine job. We obviously had significant player turnover and injuries. The end result was good. It was great to see the young guys make the progress they did.

Lenny was so perfectly designed, emotionally, to play the game of baseball. He was able to instantly forget any failure and draw strength from every success. He had no concept of failure. And he had no idea of where he was.

Obviously we're pleased, we're very excited about having someone with his talent. We look forward to seeing him in Oakland very soon.

But we've always been obsessed in Oakland with not being the cute small-market story that came and went.

Frank Thomas is a presence. Not only would he be our type of offensive player, he would be everybody's type of offensive player. ... If Frank is healthy, he's been good against everybody.

Frank felt great. Frank believes he'll be ready in spring training.

Frank believes he'll be ready in spring training. There was a real sense of determination in talking to him.

I don't view having too many good players as a problem.

For us, it was an opportunity to add a player without subtracting a player. Our history here, usually we're trading a player to acquire a player.