Famous Quotes & Sayings

We just have to keep swinging the bats and it will come. We'll snap out of it soon.

We just have to be mentally prepared. Because it's a tough place to play. It will be a tough battle no matter how young they are.

We're pretty well battle tested. A little bit of everything's gone on here.

Cory Schneider

We're pretty familiar with them. We know all of their guys and how they like to play. They know how we play. It's going to be a battle of wills.

Cory Schneider

Were pretty familiar with them obviously, so we just need to drop the puck and play. It's just going to be a battle of wills.

We took a really good shot at them tonight. They're a very good club, and they withstood it and really swung the bats all the way through.

Dana Milbank

We're one of the most reviled subsets of one of the most reviled professions. We're going to lose the battle every time.

We're obviously going to be looking for a bat, and everybody is always looking for pitching. It's the typical stuff -- a bat and some pitching.

Pascal Leclaire

We're playing with a lot of confidence right now. We won a lot of battles in front of the net and on the boards and I think that's why we won.

Gabe Kapler

When he swings the bat well, he?s fun to watch. There?s no better right-handed hitting batter in the league. You could make that case.

Phil Garner

When he swings the bat like we've seen the last couple of days, he very well could be that guy.

When he's out there on the mound, he's gonna give you everything he's got. Even if things aren't going well, he's gonna want to stay out there and battle through it. That's the kid of kid he is. He's got a lot of heart.

We feel like if we can get a pretty good offense together, we'll win some games. Pitching's been good all year long and the bats started coming around today, which is good because we've been talking about it way too much.

John Smith

We've got to win some matches to do it but if we go on and win that fourth, this is probably one of the more satisfying ones, I would say. I think each one gets much more satisfying. I think we had some up-and-downs and question marks. I think we gave a lot of hope during the season to some teams and then we had to battle up.

We've got to where we play pretty good defense. Of course, good pitching makes a good defense, too. I just know that on down the road that bat has to come alive, and that's what I'm working on.

Brian Jordan

We've got to regroup at home. We've got to win our way out. Every game is important, so you've got to battle back.

We've got to play tough hockey. We've got to get in the corners and battle and we've got to get in front of their net.

Ron Gardenhire

We've got to play a very good Detroit team, and obviously, we didn't swing the bats very well in the first two games (in Kansas City). So, righting the ship, that comes over a long period of time.

We've got to learn to put together a more consistent effort and try to battle through those tough quarters. We lost our composure at the start of the second half. The bottom line is that all the credit goes to Senior. They took us out of our game.

With moles, it is more of a battle of attrition.

With Mario, every time he goes and tries to dive or something, we're going to hold our breath. But he's 100 percent and playing well. He swung the bat well in spring training. Vega did also. Those two guys will probably be in the middle of the lineup and kind of rely on them for some offensive power, some offensive numbers.

We swung the bat well today. It's a situation where we're trying to get to a point where we get everyone going at the same time, and not just a few guys. We were much better today, absolutely.

We swung the bats well tonight. And that is important. Its good to get that first win as well.

We swung the bats well right off the jump.

Miguel Cabrera

We swung the bats very good tonight. I'm glad to see the guys swing like this.

We swung the bats tonight and we're capable of it every time we come out. We hit 'em tonight and they fell.

We swung the bats really well today. It was a good team effort.

We swung the bats really well. Offensively we were pretty good.

We swung the bats really well and had a lot of guys on base. We also did a good job of running the bases.

We swung the bats pretty well, but it's hard to claw back when you're in such a huge hole.

We swung the bats much better, got a big lead and got to look at some pitchers who've been hurt a little bit. They came back on us a little bit, but the guys did what they had to do.

We swung the bats aggressively. It was nice to see.

We swung the bat really well. Both of their pitchers are pretty good, but I'm pleased with the way we hit and with the way we had timely hits.