You know what? Having been in this for a long time, I haven?t seen too many easy games this time of year. When you get to this time of year there?s no secrets. You have to be on top of your game no matter who you play. |
Mario Batali (1960-) |
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You look at the replay and you let me know if that was a foul. Everybody keeps saying it's OK, but you got to draw the line sometime. I got fed up with it. I'm not saying what I did was wrong. I think it helped us out. |
You look at them physically. They don't have a lot of small guys. They don't have a lot of skinny guys. That's the Southeastern Conference. You have a lot of talent, a lot of depth, a lot of those people on the roster. |
You may not be well read, you may not know how to count, you may write poorly, but as soon as you open your mouth people get an impression of you based both on the content of your message and on the way you deliver it. |
You need the skilled guys and the players who can put the puck away, and we feel like we have some of those kids. At the same time, you have to win in the trenches and you do that with the big kids we're talking about. |
You never know when enough is enough. The five we got was enough. Every at-bat that inning was a quality at-bat, we had quality at-bats late in the game, but they made some good pitches and got out of some tough spots. |
You see great players making great plays, but you'll see other guys chipping in and becoming known as consummate playoff players and that's better than anything. There's nothing better than that pressure of every play. |
You see the guy out on the street selling coffee, donuts, fruit - his business is destroyed. There are a lot of small businesses that will close or that won't be able to pay their bills next year because of the strike. |
You take as many variables out of your game as possible, and it helps turn the percentages more in your favor. Tony said, 'Hit the ball as hard as you can. If you do, you will be happy more than unhappy.' He was right. |
You think to yourself, 'Shall I go there? Shall I do this? Did I used to do that?' It's tough, psychologically as well, when you've been out for a while, you've got to think more. Hopefully, it's starting to come back. |
You think we're fragile mentally? I don't think so at all. I mean we've got a good team and if you think we're fragile that's from you all's perspective. But we've got a good team, and we're going to fight on the road. |
You want to keep playing, especially when you start winning. It's helped a couple of us who have been injured, but otherwise you want to keep the momentum going. Sometimes that's harder with a four- or five-day layoff. |
You want to keep some momentum going, move the ball a little bit, but we're not going to show them anything, so it's going to be kind of a preseason game plan. So I don't know how much we're really going to accomplish. |