Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Hussey

He wasn't going to bat tonight if it came down to that but I'm not sure how he'll pull up tomorrow.

Frank Robinson

He was fine. In his first game, he swung the bat decently and was fine in the field.

He was so ready and so focused and so determined to beat him. He had it in his mind that he was going to do it. I think that is the biggest battle you always have, inside your head, with a kid that's beaten you before.

Frank Thomas

He was saying how loaded this team is and how tough it is finding at-bats for everyone. The guy who's swinging the hot bat will probably decide things a lot, but I told him that playing two out of every three games or something like that is fine with me. Whatever he needs to do to keep guys fresh.

Ruth Rendell

I get up just before six and come downstairs, put food out for the cats, and open the cat flap. Then I work out for 35 or 40 minutes - I have a very large bathroom with an elliptical cross-trainer and a bicycle.

I give Rick credit to try to move GM as an organization more at Internet speed. We're seeing the baton being passed from one person who made a significant contribution to someone on the same team, who is going to take the company hopefully to the next level.

I give our gals credit as they kept battling right to the final buzzer. But that's what these seven players have shown all season, solid effort and a never-say-die attitude. This is a nice bunch of young ladies. They represented our team and school well throughout the 2005-06 season.

I got behind. Batters are more comfortable when you get behind them because they know you have to come in with strikes. It was an outing that didn't go well, period, regardless if I was battling for a spot or not.

Damon Galgut

I go for long walks in Newlands Forest in Cape Town, and I go to the Turkish baths on Sunday mornings.

If we stay healthy we'll battle people. We should be pretty good up front.

Chipper Jones

If this year doesn't satisfy people, then Andruw is fighting a battle he's never going to win. We always thought he could hit 40 homers and drive in 120. It was just a matter of putting it all together.

Chad Cordero

If we lost this game, we might be done, ... It shows we can battle back. If feels good whenever I get chances to be successful.

If the guys around him are swinging the bat well, he's naturally going to get better pitches to hit. Now he's been overanxious because they're not coming after him. We don't have enough guys around him swinging the bat really well.

He was a pleasant surprise last year. They said his bat was not that good, and he did an outstanding job for us. Defensively, he's good. He plays the game hard, he's a smart kid. I think he's got a chance (to play for the Devil Rays).

He was a multi-millionaire. Wanna know how he made all of his money? He designed the little diagrams that tell which way to put batteries in.

Frank Robinson

He was all right, but the Tigers can make it rough, because they put the bat on the ball. It's no big deal.

He was a little wild early ? walked the first batter and hit the second ? but from there he did a great job." ()

Dan Mullen

He would be in our meetings, then run out to take batting practice. Even if he couldn't go out on the (football) field, he would try to come see us and he would come in on his own time and study film.

He wins all the one-on-one battles for the puck. He makes you want to go out there and compete just as hard.

Joe Girardi

He will take batting practice today, and we'll make an evaluation. We'll see how it feels.

He was the hero of the day. We were battling Montrose for second or third place, and Jake passed two Montrose kids in the last 50 meters to make a huge swing in the points totals. Last year he was our 7th runner or top JV running, so he's really stepped up and filled the gap.

He will be missed by Bath during this crucial time of the season and by ourselves on the tour to Australia.

He will be battling it out for a first team place with either Gavin or Stuart.

He will bat in the nets tomorrow, and then we will have a better idea of his fitness to play in the first Test.

He takes a big cut. Something can happen when he swings the bat like that. He's red hot.

Felipe Alou

He's contributing big-time to our winning, being on base, prolonging the inning, giving a shot to the guy batting behind him. It happens every year.

He's continually growing and putting on weight. That's a battle he's going to fight with. He's not very strong for the weight class, but he's very athletic.

Phil Garner

He's certainly a plus defensive player, and if he ends up showing he can swing the bat ... and he gets his foot in the door, it might be one of those situations where you can't get him out.

Mike Martin

He had a year that was mind-boggling. And it definitely was not a fluke what he did. When you see him out at the ballpark, you don't look at him as an intimidating person, but you put him with a bat and glove and he becomes an intimidating factor.

He had told us that he had left a battery charger on a lawn mower and we checked it out and determined that the cause of the fire started around the lawn mower. It could have been the battery charger being plugged up so long or the battery itself.

He has been playing club cricket at home and he has been batting and bowling, so he is fine.

He had food poisoning at 2 a.m. Monday and was put on the drip in the morning. He has stayed back in his hotel room today so that he could rest and recover, and bat if needed later on Tuesday.

He has done a good job. Curtis is tough. He battles and is one of our hardest workers. He works hard at his craft.