Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tina Barrett

We sat in the clubhouse and watched the fog roll out and back in, ... The hardest part was figuring out when we were going to go. It's just been a long day.

Ron Gardenhire

We think we have some pretty talented people that can help us do the things we need to do, and they've been good out in the clubhouse up to this point. We'll wait and see. It's going to be a long year, but up to this point, it seems like there's a nice flow going.

Are you kidding me? Tiger Woods leaves the PGA Championship on Sunday night to go home even though he was the leader in the clubhouse and eligible for a potential playoff the following morning? What is Monday the day the recycle bins are picked up at Isleworth?

There's probably a lot of kids confused in that (Pirates') clubhouse right now because they don't know what's going on.

Chris Shelton

Everyone thinks the clubhouse had problems last year. We didn't have problems. It was just frustration because we weren't playing well. That's when trouble starts.

Victor Martinez

As soon as you walk in that clubhouse and see all those great names (it's serious). It's going to be tough to put that team together again.

You have to recognize that the fans here are very supportive. I've been around long enough to understand the frustration level. I've obviously been here longer than some of our guys. They want it as much as the guys in the clubhouse want it.

Is Oliver Perez important to us? And Kip Wells? Sure, they are. But we've got a whole clubhouse full of guys that are important to us.

We wanted to try to get all the way to the clubhouse and settle it on the last hole and we got there.

Ron Gardenhire

We were trying to get him to come back into the clubhouse where he was the greatest leader I've ever seen. He wanted to do it.

David Eckstein

I wasn't really concerned about the people outside the clubhouse and organization. I wanted to develop a reputation with my teammates. I wanted them to respect me. No matter how hard you play or what you do, you can't control what people on the outside think.

Lyle Overbay

You kind of get nervous when you come in and see everyone around a new team and you're not sure what kind of clubhouse it is. I knew it was going to be a good clubhouse, but I didn't know it was going to be this good.

That was some violent, violent weather. We're sitting in the clubhouse watching on TV and wondering, 'What in the world is happening? Is this really a tornado? It was like, 'Wow.

Gabe Kapler

This game seems to happen so fast, it happens so quickly. I was glad to get back in the clubhouse and know that we had a win. That was the most important thing.

I looked at a plaque in the clubhouse earlier in the week and I saw who shot 63 here.

I haven't seen it in any clubhouse that I've been in. Never. Never ever.

Chipper Jones

If I were to look at it objectively, I'd probably favor other teams as well. But there's something about this clubhouse and this uniform. We walk out on the field and expect to win. I know other teams walk out on the field and they're hoping to win. And there's a big difference. We expect to win. It's not going to be any different this year. If we don't win this division, everyone in this clubhouse will be shocked.

Bob Gibson

It wasn't like that when I started out in Omaha (in 1957). I walked into the clubhouse here and I remember the one we had in Omaha was about one-third the size of that.

He's well thought of in this organization and in the clubhouse. The clubhouse loves him. They were happy to see him hit that home run.

Kris Benson

I didn't feel like going to the clubhouse that early.

Seeing all those players together in the clubhouse gave me a proud feeling, to have them all in one place, representing the country. It's very exciting.

Ron Gardenhire

That's not the way we do things here. We have too much respect for Joe. If we did that, the guys in that clubhouse ... let's just say they would be very upset, knowing what Joe's gone through to get back here.

Luis Sojo

They're men and they know what they have to do. You can't watch over these guys and try to control their social lives. Of course, when it comes to the clubhouse and the dugout, if you don't follow rules, you have to leave the team.

The whole clubhouse likes him. He communicates well and really got us to remain focused. He definitely got as much as he could out of the guys, given everything he inherited. I'm excited for him and the team.

Michael Lewis

The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up.

It's been tough, seeing some of the faces in the clubhouse that know him personally, the life is drained out of them. Seeing Torii Hunter today made me a little emotional to see how shook he was. It's definitely a tough day.

Jim Edmonds

It was just ridiculous what happened to us. Somebody put our magic number up on the clubhouse bulletin board, and I don't think we won another game.

Carlos Guillen

For example, when I was in Seattle, I feel different. My teammates, I put my mind back there, the clubhouse was different, in the plane, everything was different. We need to find that feeling. When you come here to the clubhouse and get that feeling. We understand we've been losing. When you're not hitting, you're struggling and trying to get out of the slump. Good players, they do it quick. That's the way you're going to get better. That's what we need here.

It's kind of got the feel of a major league clubhouse on a smaller scale. The guys hang out and sit around in the clubhouse. They're playing video games. I really think it's helped the camaraderie.

Ron Gardenhire

It was nice to see some smiles in the clubhouse for once.

I walked into this clubhouse and I took a big sigh of relief, then another. I feel more relaxed, more comfortable with this team. So many (Arizona) people have told me they were happy I was traded. I wasn't surprised I was traded, I was surprised it took so long.

It's good to have him back. I think the guys in the clubhouse and the staff were really glad to see him.

I played my round (Thursday) and the doctor turned round and said 'Right, we need to cut it out.' And I went into a little room in the clubhouse and he got his scalpel out - no anaesthetic -- and he just cut away. And actually just before I went out this morning the doctor cut away another little bit. It's quite funny that I'm on the slab just before I get on the tee!