Famous Quotes & Sayings

He?s a good kid, works hard and has a good work ethic. You look in our clubhouse and he fits in very well.

He's fun to be around in the clubhouse -- a real character. Dewy is just ... Dewy. He's hard to explain. He keeps the game free and easy by just being himself.

We still have a lot of fight in the clubhouse and plan on playing in the postseason.

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.

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.

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.

Jon Lester

Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout and not really paying attention to what's going on.

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.

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.

Ron Gardenhire

This winter we talked about getting the clubhouse back. The guys we got are clubhouse people.

Jason Bay

There are expectations this year. I'm not saying great expectations, but I think people are reasonably expecting us to be a lot more competitive than we've been the last couple of years. I know the guys in the clubhouse have a different feeling.

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?

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.

Johnny Damon

This whole clubhouse could be different, ... I don't even know where to start.

John Olerud

This team is probably a little more carefree, a little more willing to joke around in front of the media. They have a lot of fun in the clubhouse here, it's always loud in the clubhouse here.

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.

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

Manny Ramirez

Well, there is a lot of discussion about that in our clubhouse and hopefully in the future we can get that rectified. It's a shame that that happens, but that's the way it is right now. We've got to deal with it.

Obviously, Dr. Kremchek's reputation speaks for itself. We have (glowing) reports and reviews from us for his work with Dempster and Scott Williamson. Plus he has a general concern for players from the other clubhouse over the years whether it was a significant injury or not.

Randy Johnson

Nobody's more disappointed in the clubhouse than me right now,

I get the feeling from the dugout and from the clubhouse that a lot of guys are still confident.

He was around every day in the clubhouse in Minnesota and was in spring training all the time. He was just a joy. He was fun and he was happy every day.

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.

Dave Roberts

No one in this clubhouse is dwelling on our record,

I think there's a spirit in that clubhouse that, hopefully, one by one, our fans our going to pick up on as well. I think our fans are going to be proud of this team and that's probably as important as anything in the long run.

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.

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.

I feel like a tutor, but I'm also a student. You listen to those guys talk, you can do nothing but learn. It's been nothing but good. You sit in those meetings, and I learn the other side of the game after being on this side of the clubhouse for 17 years. Now I get to learn the other side of the game.

We don't have to go out and set the world on fire. We've got good veterans in this clubhouse who will work with us.

Ned Yost

(Fielder) has been in a major league clubhouse his whole life. He's not awed or wide-eyed by this. He knew he was destined.