Famous Quotes & Sayings

Greg Chappell

We are obviously keen to win the game. The spirit in the group is excellent. We were happy with most of what we did in the first game. We were happy with our batting in the first game, which was pretty good. The fielding was good too. The bowlers did pretty good too.

We are still waiting for that day when we have a battery that has more capacity than it has right now.

We did a lot of things to put ourselves in position to win, but we just can't seem to make the big plays right now. The biggest problem we had was an inability to score runs. We only struck out four times in 21 plate appearances, which tells me we are putting the bat on the ball, but we are hitting it right at people.

Ken Hitchcock

We did a lot of better things; we played the same way for 60 minutes that we did for 45 minutes in Carolina. We played good. We fought really hard. Ottawa is a team that everyone talks about their speed, but to me it's about their competitiveness. Every board battle is critical.

We did a great job competing at the plate. ... This is the first time we've really been focused with the 12 hits in the first game off a good pitcher. We just need to keep battling and putting good quality at bats up.

We did a good job of battling back. It's tough, but we have 14 conference games left, and we're going to keep battling.

We did a fantastic job on defense today. We just have to get the bats going. Defensively, we can play with any team around.

We didn't play a game this week until (Friday) and we got in a lot of extra batting practice. We're making some good adjustments at the plate and we're using the whole field.

We didn't pitch very well or play defense very well. We swung the bats a bit better but when you don't pitch well and don't take care of the baseball, you're not going to win many games.

Mike Burns

We had problems focusing in this game. Montana did a good job changing defenses and we did a good job battling through that in the first half. In the second half they did essentially the same thing, but they did it with more energy than we did.

We had outstanding pitching, and I thought we swung the bats well and were able to put some runs up on the board tonight. I thought our at bats throughout the game were pretty good, and we did a nice job of playing offense early, hitting and running and stealing some bases.

We had our opportunities there at the end of the game and you have to give the kids credit for battling back there in the seventh.

We have definitely improved on our hitting. We have put our bat on the ball, executed the plays and the calls. They have definitely improved offensively, all the way around.

We have definitely been in some battles together, lots of playoff games won,

Brian Greene

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David Petraeus

The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job.

Both of those guys are really swinging a nice bat for us. They've really been locked in from the start.

Boston is playing pretty hard right now, battling for their lives. Those games aren't easy. They might look easy, but they're tough. It shows our strength that we've been able to keep coming out of those games with two points.

Boston has the bats going, but the wild card, I have no idea.

Being anti-social, that's his personality. People that don't know him think he is cocky and anti-personal, but when you get to meet him he's a nice kid. When he is in battle mode he doesn't talk to you. He gets into that warrior mode, and I like that.

Bringing Batman and Spawn together was a win-win for everyone. The chance to work with Todd and his team on creating this crossover is exciting for us and I'm looking forward to seeing the final product, as I'm sure many fans are.

Brian said he would give me an opportunity. I feel like an idiot coming in and getting injured right off the bat before playing and getting a chance to show anything. I'm in a tough position. I want to make them have to make a decision, and time is running out.

Brandon didn't have his best stuff but just kept battling like he always does and Ryan did a good job closing it out. We're going to win more games on our pitching and I thought we did a good job except for a couple of pitches.

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O. Henry

The last two years they knocked us out so we had to return the favor this year. It wasn't easy by any means especially at their place. It was definitely a battle and I knew it would be going in. We didn't get intimidated and we just kept playing like we have been.

The kind of season Kyle had in 2003 indicates what he is capable of on the field. He should fit in nicely in the outfield (J.D. Foust was signed earlier), but I'm also excited to see what another big bat can do for our lineup.

Mark Hall

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Thomas Jefferson

The loss of the battle of Waterloo was the salvation of France

The longer the game goes on, the stronger he gets. Things can frustrate him, but he does a good job of battling back. He does a good job of hitting his spots.

Geddy Lee

It's a battle between record company, between producer and between mastering engineer. Because the louder you make your record in a digital process, the more dynamics are squished out of it. Nobody knows exactly what happens, but the dynamics in the performance disappear, and everything is at the same volume.