I think what really helped was going down to the minor leagues. I had that little hamstring deal, and then I had sat out a couple games. I think I came back and struck out like three times. I felt I needed to go down and get some at-bats, and it worked out good. |
I think when I talked to them at spring training, it was more or less, let's not get comfortable with not doing well. We know we can do that, get better. I know our lineup is strong top to bottom, we can score runs and I'm comfortable we can continue to do that. |
I think you do need leaders. Certain guys have a personality of being a leader. It's hard, because you need winners on your team, guys that have been there before. We have a couple of guys who have been to the World Series. But I think those are mostly pitchers. |
I thought he played his best game of the year tonight. We're talking to our big guys about (challenging opponents) and saying that you are 6-10 and you need to block shots. There are a lot of things we need to teach them but now we have a platform to build from. |
I thought I would be a serious actor. But I soon realized that doing comedy gave me what I needed out of acting. I got hooked on both the sound of laughter and that kind of flirtatious rapport with the audience. Drama just doesn't have that type of punch for me. |
I thought it was a clean block. How many people does this stadium hold, 53,000? I thought 53,000 people thought it was a clean block. And another million watching on TV thought it was a clean block. But one guy with all the power thought it was a (crappy) block. |
I thought our kids really came out and played well. I thought the third quarter was the difference. We held them to three points. The kids' team defense was so much better. They're a good basketball team and they're going to be reckoned with the rest of the way. |
I thought the kids gave themselves every chance to pull out a win in their first league game. We are playing better basketball, and that's encouraging, but our problem in the first half is that we had 19 turnovers. We ended up with only seven in the second half. |
I thought the world of El. He was unbelievably kind and thoughtful, a real gentleman. He came to practically every Harvard musical event, and he loved to know about all the students in the Glee Club. He was a positive spirit, a real joie de vivre sort of person. |
I thought we got off to a good start against Central but we had an error which really made a big difference in that game. The emotions of that game left us where we couldn't bounce back. Against two top 10 teams in the country you can't afford to have a letdown. |
I thought we played real well defensively. I felt like we did a good job defending the post. The have more size than we do and not allowing them to use that advantage was a key for us in the game. I felt like we went after the ball with more speed and intensity. |
I thought we would be a little more effective on the run. ... They were stopping the run so we decided we are going to spread out the field and see what I can do. It's tough when you spread a field like that if you do bring a lot of pressure. You can get burned. |
I told him I was going to get him. I said, 'You think I was catching you just for your benefit? I was waiting for this day, too.' It's going to be weird, a guy you went to battle with and played behind so much, being on the other side trying to get hits off him. |
I took it as a compliment for coach to sit me down and tell me that, ... especially from a coach who has been around a lot of ballplayers and seen a lot of successful ballplayers and had a lot of winning teams. For a coach to say something like that means a lot. |
I waited all summer to turn pro until after the Walker Cup (two weeks ago). That was my whole goal this summer, to play in the Walker Cup, get the Cup back for the United States. After we did that, it was an easy decision to turn pro and not play in the Amateur. |