Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Musselman

They were our clutch shooters. Who is going take those shots this year?

Tom Izzo

To do it in front of his family, that was exciting. I thought he made a couple of big plays at clutch times. ... We have pretty good players, and I think it means we've got guys who've stuck around. Those two things are good.

Tom Izzo

To do it in front of a lot of his home and family, that's pretty exciting and impressive. I was happy for him. I thought he made a couple of big key plays in clutch times.

We've only got two new guys this year. Our pitching has been up and down a little bit. We've been missing some clutch hits, and our defense hasn't always been there.

Tony LaRussa

Every year he's played better and better. Last year, we reached that 100 win total. We're not winning 100 games without So being a really clutch player.

We have several plays with people setting picks for me to get me open. I've hit several clutch shots at the end of a quarter or the end of a half.

Two, big clutch hits. We had three, two-run hits and that tells me that we have kids coming up and producing in scoring situations.

We had to foul toward the end. They had clutch free-throw shooting at the end.

Those were big, clutch hits. That's exactly what we haven't gotten in the playoffs the last couple of years.

Whenever a clutch shot was needed, Joe was there to take it.

We kept hammering away, getting a couple an inning. It was nice to see other girls stepping up in clutch situations and hitting with runners on base.

We did a real nice job clutch hitting. Defensively we were a little sloppy but I was extremely happy with the way we battled. We scored eight or nine of our runs with two outs.

Tommy Amaker

He really led us tonight. Those were clutch shots.

Our entire lineup can hit the ball. What's missing is the clutch hits. It might be a lack of focus or the pressure of moment.

Offensively, it was big-hit night. We had some clutch hitting, which was nice to see. It was a good win for us.

Marcus Giles

Same old Pedro he's been the last couple of years. He keeps you off balance. We had our chances, we just couldn't get any clutch hits.

It was very difficult to get comparable runs in during the morning session as there were plenty of red flags and a short spell of rain. We continued with our compound tests, however, as well as putting some very useful mileage on some revised clutch parts to prove their reliability.

Ryan Hall

It was very, very crucial for us to win this game today because (our record would be) 2-4 and then we'd have to win three of four. Webber had a clutch hit. I think that kind of took the wind out of their sails. That was huge. Scoring with two outs, that's just a bonus.

That was a clutch putt. I didn't want to make double there.

That was a big clutch hit. Scott hasn't played in two years. He's been real help to us this season.

A lack of clutch hits has been a problem for us the last couple of weeks. We've been getting hits but not when we need them.

Dusty Baker

Zambrano threw a heck of a game. I tried to let him get his 15th (win). We just played a good game, an outstanding game. Pettitte threw a good game, and it was all knotted up. Michael B. (Barrett) got a clutch, clutch hit.

They're the leaders of our team. When the game is in clutch situations, they're supposed to take that big shot or make a big play. So when they get the ball, they take that on themselves.

This isn't the first time (Shapiro) has hit some clutch free-throws. He hit two equally as big shots only a couple of games ago.

Another strong pitching performance for us. Our pitching and defense has been good, we just have to come up with some runs and clutch hits.

They got the hits (in clutch situations) and we didn't. They were a better team than we were (Monday) night.

Steve Sullivan

You can't just sit back and hold on to leads now. With the way the rules are now, you have to keep going after it. The rules don't let you clutch and grab, so it's more a game of offense.

Garrett Jones

If everybody one through nine hits, we can do a lot of damage. The last couple of games, guys have been getting on base, been pretty clutch driving in runs.

Another clutch hit. That was a nice piece of hitting.

First time, yes. Second time, no. He uses that too much, in the back of your mind you know he has that, it's one of those pitches you know you can double clutch and still hit it. If he hasn't thrown it all game and he has two strikes on a guy and he throws it up there, it's going to mess a guy up.

Bernie, he's a clutch hitter. That's the way he plays. He's proven it through the years. He hit a tough pitch back the middle. He's professional who makes clutch hits. He's always done it.

Big rebounds in clutch situations. That's what it's going to take for us to win -- defense. We can shoot. But we've got to make sure we play with intensity.

We didn't panic. We got some clutch rebounds and then we made some free throws in the end.