Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yvette Girouard

I thought we played excellent and we had some chances but didn't quite capitalize. The game was closer than the score, but credit UCLA for making the play at the plate in the third inning and getting the one key swing of the bat to win it.

I thought we played a heck of a game up front and we talked about that. Some of these guys went to the freshman game. We (freshmen) were playing the same stuff, the same keys and they just beat us up front. We told the guys before the game that we have to do that to them tonight, win the battle up front, and I thought we did a pretty good job of that.

I thought we pitched well today and Blevins gave us his best outing of the year. We didn't swing the bats particularly well, but we got timely hits when we needed them. Of course, we are glad to win another series.

I thought we pitched very, very well, and gave our bats an opportunity to heat up. We took care of business. I thought overall it was a good day.

I thought we pitched two good games. We were able to swing the bats a little better and put some pressure on the other team.

I thought we hit him (Todd) well. We swung the bats well in the second game, but we just left too many men on base.

Roy Oswalt

I thought the way the team was battling and we had been seeing Maddux pretty well, if we could get something going with a hit or get somebody on, I had a good feeling we'd come back.

Scott Skiles

I thought the way that game unfolded made that a very good win. We knew we'd have a battle in the second half. We battled and made a lot of big plays on both ends. When it got really tight, we raised our level of play.

I thought that we swung the bats better tonight. We also did a great job with our short game and we pitched through some adversity. We are starting to defend the field better, which is critical to being a good club.

I thought that we did a decent job. We've just got to make sure that we're on our game defensively and that we're communicating well with each other. I was proud of what they did. We've just got to make sure that our bats are on for our next game.

Gavin Floyd

I thought that was the biggest batter for me. But there were a few others.

I thought we came out and played well in the first quarter. Then we lost the battle of field position.

E. B. White

I thought they won a lot of individual battles in the first half. They set the tone and tempo. The second half we did a better job of stepping up in some of the individual battles.

I think we're going do it. We're a lot better defensively, and offensively I don't think we have a weak bat in our lineup.

I think we may have played a better game this time. Our defense let us down a little bit, but we swung a hot bat for most of the game and that helped quite a bit.

I thought right off the bat we could come out and shock some people. I'm not surprised.

I thought Phillip did a good job of battling back after struggling with his control. This is his first year on varsity and only his third varsity game.

Mahela Jayawardene

I thought our team showed a lot of character in coming back so strongly after the setback in the second match. We had decided to keep up the run-rate and bat them out of the match.

Dick Vermeil

I think we will be battling all the way through the final minutes of the 16th game of the year to determine where we play.

Daniel Alfredsson

I think we're ready to play them when the puck drops, and we're expecting a battle for 60 minutes. When we do play 60 minutes, we're a tough team to beat.

Brian Roberts

I think we showed a lot, battling back after the first night. That was pretty ugly. We could've -- not folded, but we could've come out and played sluggish again. We battled and I think we should take some positive things from that.

I think what this loss does is force us to re-establish our goals. Thoughts of winning the conference are now over, in my mind. For us now, we have a real battle for second place.

Last week we did not swing the bat well. Today we were having good at-bats. From a coaching standpoint we're swinging a lot better.

John Grahame

I think everybody came out and did a tremendous job. It's going to be a battle every night and we have to be ready for that.

Sam Taylor-Wood

I suppose I didn't cry in all the cancer crap stuff because I felt I couldn't lose the battle, and part of the battle was holding myself together.

Alfonso Soriano

I saw the bat, so I slide with my hand. If the bat is not there, I slide with my feet first.

Felipe Alou

I saw him hit 10 home runs in 40 at bats one spring training. If he's in spring training mode, watch out.

I see more soldiers daily than I did as a battalion commander.

I said, 'I want to talk to someone big,' ... Ten minutes later, we were with the battalion commander.

Sean Kelly

I respected Greg a lot. We had some real ding-dong battles - especially in that 1983 Tour of Lombardy.... The finish was so close.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all

Penalty kills will be really big. They have a great power play. We need to do really well on our kills and get our clears and win pucks and win battles for sure.

People are not going to switch from their trusted brand to a new and similar brand without good reason. This is why follow-on products constantly face an uphill battle when coming to market.