He is up there with the greatest the competition has seen. He is all over people with great foot speed, great hand speed. He gives people fits. I thought they looked a bit tired. |
He is willing to ask questions and willing to learn and he has to come to me for a lot of that. In just the short time that we've been together, we're very much on the same page. |
He just makes pitches when he has to. He's got that slider that sometimes looks invisible to hitters, but they'll swing at it. ... We've been calling him Houdini all season long. |
He just puts the puck on net. He just works so hard out there. He goes down the lane with his head down and then he looks up, sees an opening and puts the shot where he wants to. |
He just wasn't comfortable with it. The new program is still Johnny. But as a skater, when something isn't second nature, you find yourself thinking about it and it gets tougher. |
He made everyone else look like Little Leaguers. The way things were going for him, he should've stopped in Vegas on his way home (from Phoenix) because he'd be a rich, rich man. |
He makes it look easy, doesn't he? His ball moves real late so it doesn't move as much as some guys' that move earlier. But it's better that way. It's kind of [Greg] Maddux late. |
He may never be prime minister and he may never be minister, and that's probably as much his doing as anyone, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a very important role to play. |
He means a lot to us. He brings an old-school mentality. He's played well all year, and he still thinks he's screwing up. He's going to have to play big for us [Monday]. Have to. |
He only had 15 [good years] in a row -- maybe it was time. I don't know anybody who stayed on top and excellent every year in their career, but he's done a pretty good job of it. |
He pitched a good ball game. He was very efficient, threw strikes and changed speeds. We've seen him in a Pirates uniform and he's a no-nonsense guy who comes right after people. |
He pitched non-aggressive and it wasn't fun to watch for two innings. Then he started using his fastball and got back to being Jo. I don't know who was out there for two innings. |
He played a great game but I don't think that was a factor. We didn't as well as we should have, and we can, and this kind of a defensive effort is not going to take us anywhere. |
He played well against Florida State and Clemson and he's been getting better since then, ... What you saw against Temple, he was like a laser. He can step up and make the plays. |
He plays really well on important points, amazing. Every time he has an important point, he just serves so well. He reads the game well, tactically. He's fast. He has everything. |