Joe Maddon Quotes on Goals (3 Quotes)

We're pragmatic. We are realistic. We understand the whole concept of playing in the American League East, but that does not mean we bow down or be anybody's doormat. You don't have to do any of that. We're coming to play to win every game, every night. That is our goal.

He just did not get the ball where he wanted to. They're swinging the bats well. It was only 5-2 when we took him out at that time. So I still thought we had a pretty good chance, had we been able to hold that deficit, because our team can score some runs. That was the unfortunate part. They all of a sudden got a touchdown and a field goal, which made it much more difficult.

I'm not going to talk about 70 wins. Seventy is not a goal. Eighty-one is not a goal. Our goal is to play the game properly every night. I'm going to keep telling you that, and I know it sounds like a cliche, but it's not. We're going to aim high.