Michael Lewis's Profile
Brief about Michael Lewis: By info that we know Michael Lewis was born at 1960-10-15. And also Michael Lewis is American Author.
Some Michael Lewis's quotes. Goto "Michael Lewis's quotation" section for more.In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.
Tags: Children, Love, RespectBaseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.
Tags: Actually, Baseball, SpeakBook tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.
Tags: Affection, Almost, BookI don't think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national pasttime, it is watching TV.
Tags: National, Tv, WatchingI think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?
Tags: Blame, Nice, SomeoneThe Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too.
Tags: Baseball, Enough, HardThe sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons.
Tags: American, Baseball, FanThe sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.
Tags: General, Sports, TakesIf you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it.
Tags: Less, Point, WinMy judgement is not good when I am on a book tour. I am not thinking about it that much. What happens is I will go back home. I have a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old and a wife who is now taking care of them who is wondering where her husband is.
Tags: Good, Home, HusbandPeople who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.
Tags: Baseball, Sports, TalkThe Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up.
Tags: Baseball, Place, WonderfulThe Red Sox are a curious thing because so much here is media driven. You can't go fire half your scouts here because they are all friends with the local reporters. Your life is going to hell in the papers.
Tags: Fire, Friends, LifeThere are several insights at the heart of the A's system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it's a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god's sake don't go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy.
Tags: Game, God, HeartThere has been this - and it's reflected in the broadcasts - this moronic use of statistics. Which has suggested to everyone who is intelligent the use of statistics is moronic.
Tags: Everyone, Reflected, StatisticsWhy pay $20 million to Harrison Ford? I don't even understand that. They think they have to do it... If someone puts a price on himself, that suggests he is irreplaceable, then he better find somewhere else to work.
Tags: Someone, Understand, WorkRelated topics
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