23 ordspråk av Matt Stairs
Matt Stairs
A lot of guys just smile now. Guys are not going to be sitting around moping and pressing anymore. It's just nice. It's not the turning point of the season, but it's nice to get the media off our back and not be the highlights on SportsCenter whenever anybody falls down.
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A winning team will bring in fans.
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Earlier in the year we would have rolled over and gave up on a game like that. We would have said 'We screwed up and lost 6-5, who cares?' The way (manager) Buddy Bell has taken over and the way things have changed in this locker-room, we know when we get down we have some offence to come back.
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He didn't show anybody up, ... He could've very easily thrown up his arms when we blew two double-play balls.
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How ready are most teams going to be? Besides the Latin countries who play year-round, it's going to be tough.
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I think if you look deep down inside you know you're overmatched against the United States, especially when we were younger. We had a bunch of hockey players going out there.
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I think it's gotten past the point of frustration for us.
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I think it's gotten past the point of frustration for us. When we make a mistake, it seems to beat us. Tonight it was an infield hit. I thought it was a good ballgame and I thought we played well, but we lost.
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I very easily could've went to a contender, ... but I felt very good about coming back to this organization.
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I want the young guys to sit by their lockers with their heads up. The only thing I can do is try to be positive.
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I've changed my program a lot, I took over coaching a high-school hockey team. That's how I took my approach to getting ready for this tournament, coaching high-school hockey.
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I've got daughters almost as old as some of these guys,
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I've made it clear that I love Kansas City,
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If I was going to play like this all the time, they could've signed me for five years,
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It was his own fault. He came in overweight and out of shape. He's worked hard the last seven weeks. But he's to blame. Maybe it's a learning experience for him. Maybe he realizes now the big leagues are not easy. You have to work at it to maintain success.
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