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> [I really focus on process as much as anything else: process for how we evaluate players, process for how we make decisions, process even for how we hire people internally, process for how we go about integrating our scouting reports…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/i-really-focus-on-process-as-much-as-anything-else-process-for-how-we/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

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## More by Paul DePodesta

> [We have to make judgments on the individual players and we're not always going to be right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/we-have-to-make-judgments-on-the-individual-players-and-we-re-not/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [Scouts, by and large, are very industrious, very passionate and very loyal guys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/scouts-by-and-large-are-very-industrious-very-passionate-and-very/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/i-think-there-are-definitely-things-over-the-last-year-and-a-half-we/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [We need to be humble in the face of uncertainty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/we-need-to-be-humble-in-the-face-of-uncertainty/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [Baseball ultimately is a drama without a script. It's the original reality TV.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/baseball-ultimately-is-a-drama-without-a-script-it-s-the-original/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [There are a lot of parallels between being a mutual fund manager and being a general manager. Both in the financial markets and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/there-are-a-lot-of-parallels-between-being-a-mutual-fund-manager-and/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [Look, I loved working in baseball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/look-i-loved-working-in-baseball/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/there-probably-isn-t-another-position-in-all-of-team-sports-that-i/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [Even teams that win 110 games have stretches when they don't play well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/even-teams-that-win-110-games-have-stretches-when-they-don-t-play-well/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/whether-baseball-or-football-we-re-tasked-in-front-offices-with/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [The nice thing about baseball is that all of the possible outcomes are known - it's not quite as messy as the real world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/the-nice-thing-about-baseball-is-that-all-of-the-possible-outcomes/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [Circumstances change and you have to be proactive about changing with those circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/circumstances-change-and-you-have-to-be-proactive-about-changing-with/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [I played football in college and what I really wanted to do was be a football coach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/i-played-football-in-college-and-what-i-really-wanted-to-do-was-be-a/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [I have a little experience in doing things that are unpopular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/i-have-a-little-experience-in-doing-things-that-are-unpopular/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

> [Are there things you can do with the rest of your personnel or are things you can do schematically to help a quarterback? I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-depodesta/are-there-things-you-can-do-with-the-rest-of-your-personnel-or-are/)

[Paul DePodesta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-depodesta/)

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