When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.

Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The naked eye was an inadequate tool for learning what you needed to know to evaluate baseball players and baseball games. Think about it. One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks. The difference between a good hitter and an average hitter is simply not visible-it is a matter of record

I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel.

The world clings to its old mental picture of the stock market because it’s comforting; because it’s so hard to draw a picture of what has replaced it; and because the few people able to draw it for you have no interest in doing so.

A banking system is an act of faith: it survives only for as long as people believe it will.

It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw.

It is far better to keep the enemy close, by bribing him with stock options, than to have him out in the wild, foraging.