[What has made Tex so good so soon?] Incredible bat speed, ... He's got amazingly quick hands and speed that reminds me of [ Mark ] McGwire 's. |
A violation in your presence is not a personal affront, ... It's called taking police action. |
As long as my knee is healthy, I'm not worried about the competition. Right now, my knee is almost there. I need to stay on schedule and keep getting strong. Once I'm full speed, I know I can play the outfield. |
He has to be more mature dealing with certain situations and dealing with his teammates. He's got to learn to control his anger. |
He's a great kid. He has that great mentality that, 'I'm not going to quit.' He has that football mentality. I hated to see him get off to a slow start. I wondered how he would handle it. I thought if anyone could handle it, he could handle it, from that football mentality. |
Hockey is hot again. February is off to a good start, too. And we haven't even really got into baseball, softball and golf sales yet. |
I definitely need the at-bats, ... You can't keep throwing me up there one time against closers. |
I definitely need the at-bats. You can't keep throwing me up there one time against closers. |
I feel pretty good. |
I need to get as many at-bats as I can get the next few games. The knee feels better than it has, and it's time to gut it out. |
I respect someone who plays hard. But to go that high, that's a different story to me. That's a cheap shot. |
I see a different type of year than the Braves are used to. If you ask Bobby, it has to be one of the most challenging seasons in his whole career. Definitely different. To me, a Cinderella story. |
I think it's great for baseball, continuing that tradition game after game, year after year. It's great for the fans. Even the players get a kick out of it. We look up. If they're [singing] bad? Oh, man. We're like the judges. It's good to let that tradition live on, to let Harry know he's remembered. |
I watched that [patience] and thought, Wow, this is why Bobby is one of the best managers in the game. It wouldn't have happened with other managers I played under. That's what makes Bobby unique, |
I'd rather do this all spring. I've been getting easy ground balls. I want some bullets. |