36 Quotes by George Foster

I don't know why people like the home run so much. A home run is over as soon as it starts.... The triple is the most exciting play of the game. A triple is like meeting a woman who excites you, spending the evening talking and getting more excited, then taking her home. It drags on and on. You're never sure how it's going to turn out.

We want the players to have a framework to evaluate business opportunities put in front of them. The sporting theme (inspires) much more passion for a lot of people, but a lot of sporting ideas go bankrupt, so passion is not enough. You've got to have revenues come through the door and you've got to contain your cost.

If we'd simply done the 14 original areas of concern, we would have been done two months ago.

I don't think it's hard for professionals. That's why we are professionals, but he's definitely on your mind. He's one of my friends on the team.

He has the athletic ability, so why not?

We're praying for a fast recovery and that everything will be back to normal. There's a lot of life after football.

Here we'd like to think they can start to think about the ideas we're teaching, but their main job is to perform on the field.

I think it's the key to winning consistently. It's not the be-all, end-all. But you have to run the ball to be competitive in this league, so we hope to get that going.

It doesn't hurt to have good players. If you run a 3-4 with (lousy) players, it's not going to work. Most teams that run it have good players.