Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jude Law

But I certainly feel stronger emotionally and happier in myself, if not a little battered and bruised.

Jim Haslett

because we're working here, but still having our ties to Louisiana, you'd like to probably go to Baton Rouge and play a game or two.

Before, (with) all the metal bats all you could hear was a ding. Now it's more of a solid-hitting feeling, like they've extended the sweet spot.

Hey, you can't take anything away from Lakewood Ranch. They put their bats on the ball, threw strikes and played good defense.

Hey. I wasn't real good at math, but I knew how to figure my batting average.

Hideki Matsui

He's telling me to just relax, ... and swing the bat your own way.

He started off rough. But he settled down after that and gave us some good innings. We swung the bats well and only made one error so it was a good effort for us.

Felipe Alou

He's swinging the bat now, no question. He's starting to sting the ball.

He's supposed to contact me and keep me informed. All I can tell you is that FEMA put a request in for a fire chief to help rebuild or reorganize fire departments from Baton Rouge south.

He's supposed to contact me and keep me informed, ... All I can tell you is that FEMA put a request in for a fire chief to help rebuild or reorganize fire departments from Baton Rouge south.

Eric Schaeffer

Hopefully, what comes through is that it's certainly about much more than eating disorders. It's about four people battling the challenges of humanity the excitement, the successes, the pathos, the struggles with finding love and spirituality and careers that work.

Buck Showalter

How are we going to find out if he can do it if we don't get him out there? ... This is a way to get his bat in the lineup and get him on the field.

Howard had an outstanding collegiate career. We expect him to come into camp battling for the No. 3 position.

Howard had an outstanding collegiate career, ... We expect him to come into camp battling for the No. 3 position. He's a strong prospect and we look forward to having him in our organization for many years.

He's really pitched very well. His first outing was dominating. He didn't get a decision, but he pitched about as well as you can pitch. The second outing, he didn't have his best stuff, but he was able to battle through it, and that's a maturity level we didn't see from him early in the season last year.

He's really matured a lot from his freshman year to last year to now. I think it really helped him when we told him he was going to be a pitcher only and he didn't have to worry about swinging the bat and all that other stuff. He kind of worked on taking his pitching a little more seriously.

He?s quick. His feet are quick, his hands are quick. Everything he does is all fairly quick. It?s not necessarily bulk and strength, it?s just he gets his bat through the zone.

He's one of those kids that the longer the game goes on he just seems to get stronger. He was a little bit frustrated with himself at times. He's a little bit harder on himself than I am on him. Things can frustrate him a little bit but he just does a good job of battling back. When you think he's going to hit a wall, he does a good job of finding the pitches that we have to have to get it out of it.

Phillip Daniels

He's one of the nicest coaches I've played for. He's a man that will go to battle and protect your back. He's one of those guys who always wants to know what the players think and wants to make sure we're OK. ... You don't hardly ever get a coach who wants to know how the players feel. Half of them don't care. They just want to win.

I don't think losing one battle means you've lost the war.

Landon Donovan

I don't know if we care about the result. At the end of the day it doesn't matter. It's not like we're battling to get a 0-0 draw. We're going to go play and make the game fun.

Eric Davis

I don't know if I've ever coached a better competitor than Mike Gray. He battles out there and will do whatever it takes.

I don't know if it's a wake up call that we need or if it's just kinda having a confidence every time we go out on the field and knowing that even if the other team scores a goal, it's not the end of the world and that we can battle back from that.

I don't know how that's going to work out. That may be one of the things we fight about. I guess it will depend on which batting practice group we're hitting in.

Phil Garner

I don't know how much of that was their pitching today and how much was we didn't get the bats on the ball,

I didn't expect us to swing the bat that well.

I didn't think anything was going to top the battle we had with Dolgeville on Monday but this match did.

Eric Chavez

I didn't even see Frank's swing. By the time I put down my helmet and my batting gloves and sat down, Milton went deep.

I didn't see him at all, so I didn't know he was that close, ... My bathroom break must have given him some time to cut the lead.

I didn't know if I was just going to be a rental player. This makes me feel a lot better about being here and wanting to battle for the rest of the year with these guys.

Travis Hafner

I didn't know what he (Sizemore) was trying to do. I thought he had to go to the bathroom or something. I guess he didn't have any confidence in me (to bring him home).

Richie Sexson

I didn't have to drive a half hour to get to a batting cage. It wasn't such a chore to leave the family and go hit. I could go down there at 9:30 at night if I wanted. I just hit a lot more.

Jack Nicholson

You can call me Joker. And as you can see, I'm a lot happier.