Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chipper Jones

Barry is going to be under constant scrutiny. For the last 15 to 20 years, he's been the face of baseball.

Ramon Hernandez

Barry is Barry -- you have to respect him as a great hitter. I'm not sure what to expect. I'll be watching him to see how he looks, and I'll try to call the right pitches, the way I always do.

Walter Smith

Barry is a Scotland player. He is part of our team. So, when he is available, he is picked. It's as simple as that.

Eddie O'Sullivan

Barry has shown significant improvement with every game he has played this year with Munster. His call-up to the national squad is due reward for his performances to date.

Bruce Bochy

Barry has been good for the game. However you create interest in our game and bring fans to the ballpark, that's a good thing.

Barry has an impeccable track record as a leader who understands what's best for the fans and consistently delivered a fantastic game-night product in Townsville.

Barry has a history of being generous to the Hall of Fame. Though he hasn't donated anything from home run No. 700, we have numerous artifacts already in Cooperstown from his career.

Felipe Alou

Barry got two at-bats and saw some pitches. It's not enough, but it's better than nothing.

Moises Alou

Barry came back and really makes this whole team a lot better. It's a whole different game.

Barry Axelrod has told us Jeff will be there and we'll welcome him and give him every opportunity. We have a rehabilitation program, and that's what we'll start on (today) when he gets here.

I have a lot of respect for Barry and what he does. I wish something like this didn't come up.

Ken Macha

I thought Barry had command from the first pitch on all of his stuff.

Felipe Alou

It is good to do that, but sooner or later Barry is going to play in the field. Because on opening day, what will we do? ... It's not like it's going to be every game he's DH. For us as a team, it can't be that way.

Anna Friel

Last month I spent six months in New York working with Barry Levinson but I didn't want to stay there, I could have but I wanted to come home.

Lance, Brandon and Barry continued to battle. That height makes it difficult to get any kind of inside-out (offense going).

Marty Schottenheimer

He's got great stop-and-start quickness. As a runner he's hard to find. I'm not going to put him in his category but skill-wise he's like Barry Sanders. His stop-and-start quickness reminds me of that.

Tony Perez

He should have the record. Barry is still playing, and he's still hitting home runs. To me, he hit the home runs, and he's supposed to break the record. To hit home runs, you've got to hit the ball. It's not easy to hit a 100-mph fastball, or even 95 fastball, out of the park.

Brad Johnson

His success is proven. And it's not just him. You've also got (assistant coaches) Rod Marinelli, Joe Barry and Mike Tomlin. You've got some guys who should be coordinators or head coaches on that defensive staff. It's impressive. They've kept guys together in the same system, and that's why they've had success.

His track record speaks for itself. He's got Gold Gloves, hit big home runs, played in the World Series. .. . He's a real quality guy. With Barry and Mo being our number 4 and 5 hitters, it's great that he can not only play the outfield, but he can fill in the missing offense.

Tom Brady

He's fun to watch, ... There are other guys that are fun to watch. Barry Bonds, every time he steps to the plate, you figure something big is going to happen.

I got excited when I faced Barry Bonds -- that was the first time I ever faced him. He is a great hitter; he is quick. I threw him some good pitches and he fouled them off.

The owners have made the decision they want to give Barry a chance to prove himself so he will be our main driver from now on. He has been driving well so we are going to give him all the support we can.

Mark McCormack

I actually felt like I was the best runner today. But I had to work twice as hard as these mountain bikers, Ryan, Barry and Geoff, on the descents." ()

Mark McCormack

I actually felt like I was the best runner today, ... But I had to work twice as hard as these mountain bikers, Ryan, Barry and Geoff, on the descents." ()

Michael Jones

I always thought Barry was a corruption of Barty from Bartholomew.

Reggie Bush

I always idolized guys like Deion Sanders, Barry Sanders, Steve Young and the entire 49ers team, really. I was a huge 49ers fan growing up.

He tells us a lot of good stories. He tells us stories of Bobby Bonds and how he'd seen Barry in the clubhouse.

Josh Beckett

He's Barry Bonds. There's nothing else you can really say.

Rick Tocchet

When your confidence is down the last thing you want to do is scream at the players too much. But we were playing tentative and (associate head coach) Barry Smith and I had to get on them a little bit. We were on our heels, and championship teams play on their toes, not on their heels.

Janet Jackson

My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no one was around I'd kiss the screen.

Michael Irvin

Obviously yes. I experienced this exact same thing in 1997 with Barry Switzer.

Omar Vizquel

Of course everything Barry Bonds says gets multiplied and is huge. People tend to talk about every thing and every comment he makes. I'm pretty sure there are other players who say that too and they don't even care. 'You are? OK, good luck.' But he's Barry Bonds.

Omar Vizquel

Of course everything Barry Bonds says gets multiplied and is huge.