Michael Lewis Quotes & Sayings

“I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?”

“Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.”

“Why 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.”

“The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons.”

“The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.”

“My 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.”

“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.”

“The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too.”

“I 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.”

“The 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.”