Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tommy Bowden

It's really not open. Those guys are battling for No.2.

It's really a soft batch of numbers today. Nothing says 'recession' or severe slowdown but there is a consistent signal of softness that permeates these reports and belies some of the strength in consumer spending that we have seen early in the year.

She'll definitely be near the top of the batting order. She gives us some options because she can play anywhere.

Mark Parrish

So far, he's batting 1.000. He carries himself very well. Being a player who played recently, he has everyone's respect. He knows what it's like to go through an 82-game season. It's tough; you're going to have your ups and downs. Some days you're going to be tired, and he understands that.

Shawn really did a good job. He's been battling a sore arm, and he'd thrown around 90 pitches and we could see he lost some zip on his fastball.

(Shawn had a few jitters early - walked the first two he faced - but he settled down. He's our no. three starter and he's swinging the bat well too.

as you lie in the bath you see it reflected in the mirror, that's yes, that is very relaxing.

That second run was the result of 100-percent effort that he's given each time he's on the field. It's a very noteworthy play and the difference in the game. You can't teach that, but winners do things like that. You have to want to do it. I'm impressed with this player. If his bat reaches its potential, he's an every-day Major League player, in my opinion.

That second period was a tough pill to swallow. We were winning the puck battles in the offensive end, but losing them in the defensive end. We need to work just as hard for the pucks in the defensive zone.

That's driven principally by the gyros. And right now, we're saying we think we're good until the middle of 2008, ... Hubble will still be worth servicing as long as the batteries hold out.

That's an old district rival. They'll battle us to the end.

Bill Robinson

That's amazing, not to take BP on the days you pitch, and then to go out there and swing the bat like he does. He's just a phenomenal athlete. He has a lot of confidence in his swing. He also has a lot of pride in hitting, as do all the pitchers.

That's a great win. Dallas was battling and he gave us a great start. We had a big inning off one of the best guys in the country, and any time you can win the first game of a series, you'll take it.

Brandon Phillips

That's a real good start. He threw me the fastball and I just tried to get the head of the bat out and get a hit. So that was cool.

Ken Ham

Evolutionary Darwinists need to understand we are taking the dinosaurs back. This is a battle cry to recognize the science in the revealed truth of God.

The kids really showed me something last weekend. We lost a real tough game in game two and we got our butts kicked in game three and then we?re down 4-0 in game four. But they kept battling and came back and won that game. That was a big win for us.

Eric Johnson

The kids played their hearts out. We tried and tried but just couldn't do it late. It was tough, uphill battle since we got down in the third quarter.

With Ryan Bohanan, the way he swings the bat makes him an awfully good option,

You have a commanding lead in home runs -- for the No. 9 spot in the batting order.

You hate to see a game like this. Even if you win you feel bad. But we got a chance to get our bats going and we got some valuable experience for our pitcher.

You hate to say it, but there's a bit of a breaking in period, during when a guy gets needs a break, to pitch a good game and get good results, and the confidence grows. That's what we're trying to get now, a positive roll. He won a spot in Spring Training, and now he's battling to continue to pitch here. He's facing an 'A' lineup every night, but, as a pitcher, you have to be able to separate that and understand that it's about making pitches.

You had to redo the whole place, which was fine with me. I blew out the kitchen and bath to a shell.

You have to have a desire to want to play and continue to battle. Sometimes, with an uphill battle like this one, you have passengers. It's hard because it's a tough game with a lot of adversity. Some guys just weren't up to the challenge.

Frank Robinson

You have to give the Korean team some credit. If you make a mistake they'll put the bat on the ball.

Frank Robinson

You have to give him credit for some of it. But some of the responsibility falls on our shoulders. We're not swinging the bats very well.

The pitchers, again, did a great job of holding them to only three hits. It was the errors that cost us this game. They used the same pitcher in the second game. After 11 innings, we still couldn't seem to get our bats going.

Mark Helprin

When I was very young, I used to clean up after my parents. If I stay in a hotel, I make the bed and clean the room when I get up, even the bathroom mirror, for which I carry a tiny bottle of ammonia.

Saku Koivu

What we are hoping is that we've had to battle till the end and really maintain our focus here. I think the momentum is going for us right now, and hopefully we can bring it to the playoffs.

Raul Ibanez

We've put together big innings the last two nights. We swung the bats well this series.

Loren Roberts

What a week to break in. It's a great golf course and you just have to go out and battle the weather. It certainly makes it exciting.

Matt Barnes

What an effort by my kids. These kids kept battling and battling. We had a chance. We kinda showed what Olympus is all about. We've got a lot of character and heart. O We knew we were heavy underdogs coming in. We were under the radar, and we were one shot away from going to the championship.

What can I say? We just didn't give up. We kept swinging the bats well. It took off a lot of the pressure coming back from down three with two innings left. That was huge for us.

Greg Walker

We tease Joe all the time. We tell him, 'You've got the league set up now.' But teams can't get him out going by the book anymore. If Joe swung the bat like this all year, I'm sure some pitchers would be a little more careful with him than they've been in the postseason.