Cleveland and football have always held a special place in my heart. — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
I played football in college and what I really wanted to do was be a football coach. — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
We have to make judgments on the individual players and we're not always going to be right. — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
Even teams that win 110 games have stretches when they don't play well. — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
Admittedly, there will be an awful lot for me to learn, but I want nothing more than to help bring consistent, championship… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
I think the hardest part, and where we have to stay the most disciplined, as much as you want a player, you… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
There aren't 32 of them in the world that I think can be quarterbacks of Super Bowl champion teams. Supply is short. — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
There probably isn't another position in all of team sports that I can think of that has the same level of import… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
In a given year, there may be two or three NFL-ready quarterbacks at the college level. In another year, there literally may… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
I really focus on process as much as anything else: process for how we evaluate players, process for how we make decisions,… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
Whether baseball or football, we're tasked in front offices with making decisions under uncertainty. How do you corral that uncertainty in a… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
I was well aware of my limitations as a football player and knew that I needed every edge I could possibly get… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
I got into baseball, and everyone just started calling me a geek, like, 'There's the nerd from Harvard.' Then it took 20… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
Are there things you can do with the rest of your personnel or are things you can do schematically to help a… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image
We have to make judgments on the individual players and we're not always going to be right. — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
Scouts, by and large, are very industrious, very passionate and very loyal guys. — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
I think there are definitely things over the last year-and-a-half we would have done differently, ... I think we've at least learned as we… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
Baseball ultimately is a drama without a script. It's the original reality TV. — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
There are a lot of parallels between being a mutual fund manager and being a general manager. Both in the financial markets and in… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
There probably isn't another position in all of team sports that I can think of that has the same level of import as the… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
Whether baseball or football, we're tasked in front offices with making decisions under uncertainty. How do you corral that uncertainty in a way to… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
The nice thing about baseball is that all of the possible outcomes are known - it's not quite as messy as the real world.… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
Circumstances change and you have to be proactive about changing with those circumstances. — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
I played football in college and what I really wanted to do was be a football coach. — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
Are there things you can do with the rest of your personnel or are things you can do schematically to help a quarterback? I… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share
