Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff pitched an excellent game, but we had costly errors. California put the ball in play, and they made a couple of plays.

Jeff is the glue to my team. I'd say he's the smartest player I've ever had the privilege of coaching. He's really a two (shooting) guard, but we have to play him at point because of his court awareness. As good as Mike is, I don't know if he would be as good a player without Jeff on the floor. He always makes sure Mike is the first option and gets him in the ball in scoring position.

Roger Clemens

Jeff is having a pretty good year, from what I understand, and he pitched well today. He had a tremendous breaking ball and was able to spot his fastball. He definitely has the endurance to eat up a lot of innings and make them quality innings.

Bruce Miller

(Jeff) is getting steadier and that's a key for us, but getting the ball in Brandon's hands as much as possible is the biggest key on offense.

Jeff had a lot to do with that, because the ball was in his hands a lot. He had a big say in a lot of those games.

Jeff had a great night. Jeff put us on his shoulders and really shot the ball well, made the right plays, made the right passes.

Jess is calling for the ball more and we know if we get her established then it opens things up for everything else.

Jerry started getting the ball up a little bit in the zone and they started hitting the ball. That's a pretty good-hitting team if you get the ball up.

Jerry is really hitting ball well for us right now. Some of his home runs have to be seen to be believed.

Jamie has some good foot speed. When she sees the gap, she can take the ball strong to the hole.

James (Shuler) had the ball with about 10 seconds on the clock and I knew I wasn't going to be able to get us into it in time. Coach Marshall had been saying someone was going to make a dagger.

Jihad did a good job pressuring the ball and making some shots. Basically he came up and played hard and picked up where everyone else was lacking.

Jay is a guy who is always going to put the ball in play. He's a decent hitter, a good hitter. Fortunately, with the bases loaded, he was able to hit a home run for us.

Jay carried the ball seven times for 100 yards and scored two touchdowns. Besides being an extremely talented football player, he also has tremendous integrity and character.

Jay can drive the ball and put it out of the yard. He's going to drive in some runs for us.

Jeter wants the ball at the end of the game. Great players want the ball at the end of the game, and they make plays.

Jeter hit the ball pretty good that game. Watson Chapel played two games while we were on Spring Break. We were a little rusty with the bats. I think that might have hurt us a little bit. But the good thing is we didn't have any conference games this week. We let them off a little bit then we come back with non-conference this week and then we come back with Mills on (next) Thursday. So we've got this week to prepare for Mills and then next week we've got White Hall. By then, a lot of things will start shaping up.

Jess was a zone buster tonight. We told her before the game to just keep shooting the ball and it was a good confidence boost for her to knock down those shots.

I wrote a little M' in the grass and threw the ball up to him.

Brian Billick

Kyle surely would like to throw the ball more, but he understands who the bell cow on this team is. Even though the numbers don't look very good, I'm very comfortable thus far with his decision-making process.

Kyle's has been hitting the ball really well for us in the last two weeks. Even his outs have been hard hits.

Kyle's been unstoppable. We made some adjustments at halftime to get him the ball more.

Larry Coker

Kyle practiced some and threw the ball pretty well. I feel like he'll be fine. I was encouraged by what I saw today.

Kyle pitched a good game and we're starting to hit the ball like I thought we could.

Josh Smith

Kyle is our work horse. We put the ball in his hands, and I think he did a great job. He left a couple up, but the boys stepped up behind him and gave him some confidence.

Kyle is more mechanical, and Kevin is a smoother player. He has all the shots. Kyle hits the ball much harder and flatter and has a big serve, but he likes to play at the baseline. Kevin has the more all-around game and likes to go to the net, but he's not nearly as powerful as Kyle. They don't look like they started at the same academy, which in a sense is good. Kids don't all need to be taught the same way because they have different strengths.

Kristin has a toughness and tenacity to her game, which makes her an option for us in the center of the field in either the midfield or the backline. Her calmness on the ball will serve her well in either position. If she is able to step in and show the same toughness for us, she will have an opportunity to see significant minutes.

Kristina has really been a catalyst for us this season. She's seeing the ball well, getting on base and making things happen.

Kristi is a young leader. She has a very good mind for the game as a sophomore. Offensively, she took the game over, took the ball and finished in the lane. She did a good job of stepping up under the pressure.

Kris threw the ball well. He threw his fastball very well.

Kristen has been hitting the ball phenomenally over the past two weeks and been making outstanding contact. So we were very comfortable with her leading off the inning.

Krissy gives us a lot of hustle and good speed in the outfield. She's another hitter that consistently puts the ball in play.

Koop, I felt, was the best player on the floor except for the missed free throw. He got the ball to people and he made some plays himself.