Famous Quotes & Sayings

It feels good to be swinging the bat good and being able to get out there and just be healthy and have fun. You miss those things. The team is rolling right now and just to be in the middle of it is nice.

Mark Ellis

It felt good to get the head of the bat on the ball. That whole inning was good.

It feels very good to be in charge of your own fate. I'm glad we put ourselves in this position so we are not fighting an uphill battle right now.

I still need to take a close look at my batting mechanics, but I'm just hoping that I'll able to continue playing like this.

I think our team finally came together. We've been battling out of a slump and it's a special thing to have everybody come together at exactly the right time of the year. I think now we're going to get rolling and make a good run in the league and national tournaments.

I think our main focus of these next few games is really defending people and boxing out. I think whoever wins the battle of the boards will come up with two victories, either way.

Mike Richards

I think so. I think you can get into the game a lot more right off the bat when you get into it (physical play) more. You get up with the pace of the game faster.

I think she was still hitting her spots. They just put the bat on a couple.

Ozzie Guillen

I think right now it's time to turn it up another notch. It's time to refuel the batteries and go for it. This month is real important to us. The first 15 days are real important for us. Hopefully we can go there and we believe we can do that and hopefully everybody on my team thinks the same way I think.

Mike Babcock

I think everybody realizes that we had a great opportunity. But you find out quickly that last year was last year. There are now nice pictures of the playoffs hung up around the locker room, and people were saying nice things about us and patting us on the back all summer. But now we are trying to reestablish work habits, foundation and identity. I think it makes you more hungry, because we all know how hard it is to get there. It will be a huge battle for us and we are excited about the opportunity to try to get back there.

I think Oracle's fighting an uphill battle there.

Peter Scott

I think, on reflection, that it was a losing battle right from the start, but when we were - I mean, I was - the ultimate in any professional officer's career was to command a battalion or a regiment in operations, and that's exactly the way I looked at it, and certainly I wasn't too worried about whether the war was right or wrong.

Georges Laraque

We do this to ourselves every year. We put ourselves in a position where we have to battle like this until the end of the season. It's frustrating. We can't go back. That's the way it is.

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Sparky Anderson

We are the only two that ever talked all the way through batting practice. That is unheard of.

Lindy Ruff

Well, it's a tough goal. But we've been able to battle through those types of goals. I thought we just kept coming. We battled back...

Rahul Dravid

We played the best batting combination and it clicked in the first two Tests. But I guess we now have to think about playing the best batsmen in best positions.

We played smart basketball. We made too many mistakes in the first half, so we slowed down the game in the second half and didn't try to get into a running battle with them.

We played really early in the season, so I think both teams will look a lot better. We have improved a whole lot, and I know New Mexico has as well. It's going to be quite a battle out there.

We played pretty well. We swung the bats really well, especially in the second game. We scored six runs early and put pressure on them.

Gerry McNamara

Well, we won it, so I guess I was pretty motivated. I think we all were. This is the toughest year I've played, and for these guys to battle and to come down here and fight and to do this is...it's one of the greatest.

When you're in trouble and need to get those double plays to get out of it. You know that the team you're playing is swinging the bat pretty well.

When you're in the pennant race, there's going to be some ups and downs. Just as long as there's more ups than downs. We're going to come out and battle tomorrow and hopefully take the series.

Ron Gardenhire

We had good at-bats from the sixth inning on. We really pushed the issue, kept battling and got a lot of two-out hits.

We had a lot of hard-fought battles in the district this season. There is no clear-cut favorite. Everyone is 0-0 and it will be interesting to see who makes it out of the tournament.

Mike Campbell

We had to wire them money for gas, and then their car battery went bad. Wal-Mart gave them a voucher for a battery and that proceeded to get them up here to our house.

Mike Babcock

We have a good team and the guys came out and played hard. With a short group you don't want to get behind and battle back. We talked about being ready right from the start.

Mike Johnson

We have a good goalie and good shooters obviously. It's unfortunate when they are a rival like these guys that we even let them get the one point. It would have been better to get the two (points) in regulation. It's nice to battle back after we gave up the lead and get that winning feeling after the game. It's a good win for us.

We have a lot of respect for their abilities. We'll need to go out and battle because we know they'll give us a good fight.

Judith Wright

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We wanted to make sure that people could get out to see batting practice and take part in all the ceremonies that surround such a special event.

Marc Kudisch

We wanted to make it clean and simple, to get as much use out of the space as possible. The bathroom was really a mess. There was carpeting and wallpaper. We took out the tub and put in a walk-in shower. We put in tile, no carpet. We left the cedar on the ceiling, because we didn't want to lose the cabin feeling.

We've gotten kind of stingy and spoiled by them. But our guys love to play behind them. The guys behind them know they're going to battle hitters and give them a chance to win.