Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pat Gillick

We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.

Pat Gillick

You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or at a business, you want to walk in there and say, 'Geez, it's great to be at work. Let's go get 'em,' as opposed to walking in there knowing there's going to be a commotion.

Mary McGrory

Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become

We had our best spring ever. The World Baseball Classic brings a new dimension. I think it's terrific.

We have the better part of five months of baseball to play.

Carl Everett

We were solid the whole time. Our pitching was great, we had great defense and it showed tonight. Uribe came up so clutch. He's the best shortstop in the league right there. Without him tonight, we'd still be playing.

Tony Clark

We've got some new faces and it might lend itself to a different brand of baseball. But until we get a chance to see it on a regular basis, we're not sure what we've got.

We've made our decisions and joined in a contract with Major League Baseball. We intend to see that contract enforced.

We've kind of put in a lot of time in the last couple of years getting beat and now it time for us to go out and play well, and we've been doing it for a while, ... It's been a lot of fun. We've just got to stay focused and finish strong. We control our own destiny. We're not going to have to depend on other people right now. We just have to play good baseball a little more than a week and see where we're at.

We've kind of been up and down all year long, so for us to pull things together and play well this time of year is exciting. It would be huge if we could make this next step as a basketball program. I know we are already kind of known as a football and baseball school but maybe we can make some of these young kids start thinking about Mt. Pleasant basketball too.

We have compassion for his position on where he's coming from, but we have a job to try to win baseball games with the team we have. We're not going to give the player away.

We have come to the end of a generation. Dan Wilson is the last connection to a team that saved baseball in Seattle. He will always be a member of Mariners family and we hope to come up with a place for him in the organization.

We're still trying to play consistent baseball and peak at the right time.

We've discovered now that our best chance, and the best chance for baseball in South Florida, is to get a building built somewhere and making it work. The important thing is keeping the team here.

We're taking things one game at a time around here. We want to keep playing good baseball.

We're really playing some real good baseball right now. We're doing the things offensively and defensively that it takes to win games.

Shawn Smith

We're really keeping it in perspective because baseball is just baseball. This is life. It's more important than anything else.

Nolan Ryan

We do it both as a business and out of love of the game of baseball,

Jake Peavy

Those guys know that when you step on the baseball field, friendship is out the door. I'm going to do everything I can to get them out.

Those guys have been very, very good down there. That's baseball. You have to play nine (innings) and give credit to (Tulsa) for not rolling over with two outs in the eighth.

Sean Casey

Yeah, I thought I had some friends over here. But, hey, that's baseball.

We even have some of the boys peeking over the fence watching our games. That did not used to happen. We kind of got their attention. Everybody knows about the baseball program. We're trying to establish that respect for our softball program. Support has been tremendous. What's neat is that some kids are stopping me in the hall and telling me they are coming out for softball next year.

We have some of the future, we have some of the present and we have some of the past as far as Cardinals baseball goes here. It's really neat to have a nice group of guys with us.

We are thrilled to be a part of this terrific opportunity for Charlotte; we look forward to working with the professionals with Minor League Baseball and the Charlotte Knights baseball club to ensure a top-quality experience for all attendees.

We are thrilled Coach Montague joined the Marist baseball staff. His work ethic and baseball knowledge are unparalleled. His energy on and off the field carries over to the players and that is why he gets the most out of his players.

We are thrilled Coach Montague joined the Marist baseball staff, ... His work ethic and baseball knowledge are unparalleled. His energy on and off the field carries over to the players and that is why he gets the most out of his players.

Alex Rodriguez

We played so well down the stretch, ... To end in this fashion, it's disappointing. I played great baseball this year, and I played like a dog the last five games.

Willie Randolph

We played some good teams, some good baseball at times. Just didn't get over the hump.

Ned Yost

We played solid and consistent baseball all day long. We didn't make any glaring mistakes. That's our goal, to try to be as consistent as we can be, day in and day out.

Joe Torre

Well, they're playing at home. They're the best club in baseball at home, so you don't think about them. You think about us.

We have a lot of excitement at the school for baseball this season. We have about 30 kids out for practice and they are looking forward to the season.

We happened to come out on top. We're just playing better baseball right now.

I would hope that baseball would see this hearing as an opportunity.