Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's nice to give the ball to him and just let him run.

Matt Morris

It's nice to be in that position, two games up and getting runs early, ... It gives a pitcher a lot of confidence to throw the ball over the plate. I threw a lot of fastballs early. I had a lot of confidence in the fastball tonight. I got to speed up with the fastball and later on threw the curveball. The team put up runs and it all worked out.

It's nice to know you've got another guy who can really catch the ball and do something with it when he catches it. We'll find a way to explore that.

It's nice to have the bats come around. We had a bunch of hits, balls hit hard. Maybe we can get some confidence and get going again.

It's nice to have that (changeup) when you're behind in the count and not limited to fastball-breaking ball that the hitters recognize out of hand early,

Tommy Amaker

It's nice to have seniors remember those things, and internalize those things that we talked about at the beginning of the season. Having players back makes us a much deeper team, and it makes us a different ball club.

It's mostly concentration, being consistent every day with his early work and preparing himself for a game. When he watches the ball all the way through and gets good pitches to hit, he has a chance. You start getting frustrated and when you get frustrated you get in a slump, so to speak. You're overdoing things. You're trying to do too much. That's what he got into.

It's still early and I still see some nerves. We kicked the ball around too much. We're still putting the pieces together. But I saw a lot of good things, and I like the makeup of this club.

Raef LaFrentz

It's special to watch. As a team, we try to get him the ball as much as we can and try to ride the wave. He's carried us.

Reggie Sanders

It's sort of like crawling before you walk, ... It's a combination of calf and ankle. I do some manual strengthening with the trainers, some stabilization exercises and some ball work, too.

It's sort of a big job, taking over for Shane, ... I'm trying to do the best I can to get the ball to our big players.

It's so important at the high school level to be able to get the ball over the plate. This staff will win some games if they continue to do that.

It's so complicated, it's simple. You must tackle the guy. You've got to get the posse around him and get as many people to the ball as you can. That's the secret.

It's so big to be playing your best ball heading into the tournament.

It's such a luxury to have girls like the Novacek girls who can catch the ball in the post and move the way they can.

Greg Jackson

It's so hard being down 12-14 points the way we play. We are not a team that is going to come back from that type of deficit. We played catch-up the whole ball game.

It's so frustrating for us because we're just not shooting the ball worth a dime. Shooting cures a lot of ills, and right now we're just not making shots.

That (fumble) was definitely a big part. In any game you have to be careful with the turnovers. Hopefully we can play like we did last year, play good ball control and stop them with our defense.

Dusty Baker

That first inning has cost him a lot of pitches. He's been throwing so many pitches the last three starts, that's why we took him out. After the first inning, he started throwing the ball better. He had a lot of deep counts, a lot of 3-2 counts. Those pitches mount up.

That first half we moved the ball so well. We were getting good looks, but didn't shoot very well. We always had one perimeter guy wide open.

That happens. We hit the ball well; that was the most hits we've had in a long time. W e just didn't do the job on the base paths. Ten hits should mean 10 runs for us.

That guy that David beat ... was this year's Big Ten singles champion (Nolan Polley). David has ice water in his veins and just doesn't make mistakes. He did a great job of putting the ball in play and returning an incredibly difficult lefty serve.

That guy has a nose for the ball like no one else I've seen. Their entire backfield demands you run perfect routes and McNair knows exactly where you're going to be at the exact right time.

That goal was too easy because we watched the ball and didn't do a good job of marking.

That hurt us. Looking back that probably would have been the difference in the ball game. We had a chance to get some points there and we just weren't able to do it.

That is probably the best starting five in the state. There are no weak ball players, and they don't have a lot of weaknesses as a team.

David Eckstein

That is the key. The toughest thing sometimes is getting that ground ball, and they seem to get the ground ball. They might give up a hit. They might give up a walk. But they finally get that key ground ball when it's time to focus in. It's a good thing.

Dante Hall

That is what I miss I about college and high school ball so much is that it has no business side to it. It's pure!

Dean Miller

Tad took the ball out of bounds and gave it up to me, which, he was the best player in the state and he gave it up, so that said what kind of player he was. No one was covering me, and I drove down the length of the court and pulled up and let her fly.

Sylvester was very good. He threw the ball hard.

Take away three big plays and it's a very close ball game. The two big pass plays and the dropped punt changed things. But I'm happy with the progress we made and the heart we showed. I'm extremely happy with that.

Take away those 13 extra turnovers we made (compared to Summit's 24)) and it could have been a different ball game.

Brian Urlacher

Takeaways, stopping the run, and as long as we don't turn the ball over, I think we'll be OK. If we don't give them a chance to score with their defense on the field, we'll be OK.