One of my all-time favorite quotes is from @samhinkie , the former GM of the Philadelphia 76ers, who became famous (or infamous) for 'tanking' to increase their odds in the NBA lottery.

Hinkie was terminated (or resigned) from his position, and wrote a letter to the board. This excerpt below is one of my all-time favorites.

“We were fundamentally aiming for something different—disruption.

We should concentrate our efforts in a few key areas in ways others had proven unwilling. We should attempt to gain a competitive advantage that had a chance to be lasting, hopefully one unforeseen by our competition to leapfrog them from a seemingly disadvantaged position.

A goal that lofty is anything but certain. And it sure doesn’t come from those that are content to color within the lines.”

Hinkie further writes

Nobel Prize winning physicist Max Planck got right to it: “A new scientific truth does not triumph
by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die.”

Letter can be found here. https://www.espn.com/pdf/2016/0406/nba_hinkie_redact.pdf