The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews.
Interpretation
The essence of the game is straightforward; your performance is reflected in measurable results without external validation.
Sandy Koufax emphasizes the purity and objectivity of performance in sports, where success is determined by quantifiable achievements rather than subjective opinions or political maneuvering. In this context, he suggests that true success is visible through the numbers, which provide an honest reflection of one's effort and talent, unclouded by biases or external judgments.
In practice
This quote is perfect for motivating a sports team before a big game.
It's better to throw a theoretically poorer pitch whole-heartedly, than to throw the so-called right pitch with feeling of doubt-doubt that's it's right, or doubt that you can make it behave well at that moment. You've got to feel sure you're doing the right thing-sure that you want to throw the pitch you're going to throw.
Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.
If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight.
Efficiency is doing better what is already being done.
The unique instrument to eradicate poverty and usher in prosperity is our youth.
If you were born poor, it's not your fault. But if you die poor it is.
The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.
I think the combination of graduate education in a field like Computer Science and the opportunity to apply this in a work environment like Microsoft is what drove me. The impact these opportunities create can lead to work that has broad, worldwide impact.
I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that's what I do.
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