Every day for the rest of the season, he’s probably going to do something that really stands out. Joe Maddon More Quotes by Joe Maddon More Quotes From Joe Maddon If I'm honest with you, you might not like me for a day or two. But if I lie to you, you're going to hate me forever. Joe Maddon hatetwolying Never permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure. Joe Maddon pleasurebaseballpressure I like to have fun. I have never done anything well in my entire life that I didn't enjoy. Joe Maddon enjoydonefun Don't ever permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure. That's on the top of my lineup card every night. Joe Maddon pressurenightcards I want the players to play that way, so I'd better manage that way. The philosophy has been thrown out there. We've been talking about it. We've been working on it, so let's see how it works. Let's see if theory and reality can come together. Joe Maddon playerphilosophyreality Don't ever let the pressure exceed the pleasure. Joe Maddon exceedpleasurepressure When you start worrying about who you're going to play, it could bite you. Because it really shouldn't matter. Joe Maddon matterplayworry I love everything about that because when he goes out there Javy Baez is not afraid of making a mistake, and that's big thing when you get players that are en masse not concerned about making mistakes, really good stuff can happen. That's, he leads the pack with that. Joe Maddon playermistakestuff You have to anticipate a call's not going to go your way. It happens to everybody. It happens to both sides every night, so you can't necessarily go there mentally. You've just got to keep moving through the moment. Joe Maddon nightwaymoving It's one of those things that it's everything you think it is, but then again you have to - you need time to really process the entire situation. You stand out on that platform afterwards and you're looking at the ballpark and the fans and the W flags everywhere, and truthfully I do think about everybody, I think about the fans and their parents and their grandparents and great-grandparents and everything that's been going on here for a while. So you think that - I think about my coaching staff. Joe Maddon grandparentcoachingthinking Don't let the pressure of the moment outweigh the pleasure. Joe Maddon pleasuremomentspressure If I'm a pitcher, my only point would be that if I'm a relief pitcher, I think I like the idea of warming up on the field. Joe Maddon fieldsideasthinking I don't say anything. One of the reporters asked me in the scrum in there, and I said, no, I didn't say anything to anybody. I can only hurt them right now. I cannot help them. Joe Maddon hurtsay-anythinghelping You have to be able to play through the tough moments by doing something offensively, and we haven't been able to do that. Joe Maddon toughableplay I'm big on feel, and I think it can help a relief pitcher gain feel before he goes into the game. Joe Maddon gainsgamesthinking Sometimes you have to give credit to the other guy pitching. Joe Maddon creditguygiving Maybe tweeting is a more appealing method of getting your thoughts out to the masses a little bit more often. That's the only way I consider it. Otherwise, I do it for the fans' purposes; it's definitely not to try to empty my brain out to anybody else. Joe Maddon fansbraintrying I've always - outside of the outfielders running over the hump, and it could be slightly dangerous, and it can impact play; of course it can. But on the other side I think, again, just if you're pitching, a relief pitcher, I think it's kind of a great place to get involved in a game. Joe Maddon gamesrunningthinking I know Daniel Murphy is a really good hitter. He's definitely pulling the ball right now for power, although he did go left-central the other night against the Dodgers, I believe. Joe Maddon ballsnightbelieve I have not seen the National League enough to know. Joe Maddon leagueenoughknows
