Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eddie Guardado

Last year I mostly only pitched bullpens and batting practice. I went into the season without pitching in a big league game. But I was feeling great. So we're trying to keep the same routine here.

I think they've really been worn down through the course of this game. It's been a terrific batting performance from Ricky, sensational in both innings,

It is a very good batting wicket and the outfield is fantastic. I definitely want to win the toss here.

I think batting ninth really gives me a chance to see everything that the pitches has. I've probably seen him throw all his pitches to the first eight hitters.

I think tonight we just did not play very smart at all. We were in a good position from our batting perspective but there were some things with our bowling as well, they were all combined. It was not any one person's fault or any one person's non-performance, it was a combination of a number of things.

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.

It doesn't mean he's finished. Also we'd like him to concentrate on his long-form-of-the-game batting and reignite that partnership that he has with Justin Langer because, after all, in Test match cricket they've been fantastic in being the cornerstone behind a lot of big scores.

Chris Burke

I think I'll know more after today. It's the first time I'm on the field with batting practice and taking grounders and fly balls. We'll see how it responds.

Brett Lee

I think going to that next step of having a specialist batting coach and a specialist bowling coach would definitely be a benefit to us.

I still want to work hard and get better. I really want my batting to come around and stay strong the whole season and I want to have my pitching to be strong too.

Bill Lee

Part of the fun is watching kids take batting practice and run around the field and create memories.

Mike Lowell

People just yell at you more. You hit a line drive in batting practice and they're going crazy. It's actually a good feeling.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Without global human rights, labor and environmental movements, companies would still be hiring 12-year-olds as a matter of course and poisoning our groundwater without batting an eyelid.

We have made some changes in our defense without sacrificing for offense. It's been kind of blessing for us, because now we have some competition with the bottom half of our batting order. Our kids know that we intend on putting our best nine players on the diamond.

The players never really had a beef with anything. When that whole thing happened behind the batting cage, the players were just standing there talking to each other.

We had a great practice yesterday. Very intense two hours yesterday, a lot of situational softball. It ended with batting practice and you can just tell that they're figuring some things out.

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

Another change is on the hat and batting helmet -- they are all blue. We eliminated the black out of the batting helmet. There still is a black jersey.

Kiran More

There was a long discussion on middle order batting and we thought that this is the best team we can pick for Pakistan.

Bowlers did a great job and I am pleasantly surprised at the capitulation of India's strong batting line-up.

Even though I haven't been doing so well this year, I like batting in the eighth spot. I was getting a little frustrated in the first couple weeks, because I know what I'm capable of doing at the plate. I came up as a productive hitter.

Every game this year I've been batting 3-for-4 or 4-for-4 and scoring runs, doing whatever I can to try to win. We have a team this year that I think can go to states. It takes a whole team to do it and I'm trying to do my part.

Ricky Ponting

Every individual has got to put their hand up and stand up in a game that counts... There's no other option now, if guys can't get up for a game like the one we've got coming up, then they shouldn't be playing. I wouldn't think a batting change would come from outside the squad, and to tell the truth I don't think a bowling change would either.

Prince Fielder

When I was 12, I was taking batting practice with an aluminum bat at Tiger Stadium. I don't know where it landed exactly, but upper deck somewhere. Yeah, people were surprised.

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 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 felt they should return to domestic cricket to work on their batting before being reconsidered for selection.

The top six or seven guys in our batting order are really getting the job done. This was a good win.

I started thinking about the game in school (Tuesday). If you're batting third, it's your job to drive in some runs. I needed to step it up.

I see partnerships being built and people batting longer.

Matt Holliday

I've been working on timing and getting my hands in the right position, just trying to get that feel back. It's hard to explain. You can do it in batting practice and you can do it in the cage, but to get in the game and to be able to settle your nerves a little bit and get in that mode when you can still get your swing off when the velocity picks up and you start facing off-speed pitches. I'm trying to find that rhythm, that timing.

We consider it is time to make some adjustments to the batting line-up after some disappointing results in England ?We considered the performance by Damien in England as not up to the standard we require.

We have a very flexible batting line and any one can bat anywhere.