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We saw some things last year out of him and I think the game is starting to slow down for him. He's ...
MARK SNYDER Favre didn't do too much last year. It's not going to make that much of a difference with or without...
JEFF SHERMAN I think it's definitely more pressure than last year. Last year Lance sort of absorbed everything an...
TOM DANIELSON Yeah, there was a little bit of jealousy last year. But I was so excited for him. He said it was a o...
MARISSA YOUNG I just told him to relax a little bit. That was it.
FREDDY ADU Last year was tough for Kyle, but a little bit of humbling is never a bad thing. It forced him to re...
DAN WERNER Last year, I think he relied a little bit too much on strength. This year his technique was better. ...
KYLE GRAICHEN But he just seems to have an engine . . . that allows him to run marathons pretty well. He's also ve...
CHRIS SMITH I think he was kind of rejuvenated, knowing that he felt like he belonged there. I think it gave him...
JERRY SLOAN It was a little bit of a surprise.
ARLENE SILVEIRA![]()
Earlier this year against this club, he played well. It's something that I think was important for h...
JOE TORRE We pretty much had to push him out of bed. We gave him lots of treats.
BARBARA BISHOP We're trying to do our best to rest him between games. Last year he wore down a little bit.
FRED LEDEZMA![]()
The river was very real; it held him comfortably and gave him the time at last, the leisure, to cons...
RAY BRADBURY Ike was open. I had to hold the ball a little bit longer for him to clear. It was a blitz. I just ov...
BRIAN GRIESE Steve, Rick and Josh are all favorites. Steve might be a little bit ahead. What hurt Steve last year...
MARK OLSEN I just gave him a little yell, but he knew where I was.
DANY HEATLEY I think last year might have been a surprise, because last year, there was a thought that he could p...
LYNN WASHOWICH I think we made a little mistake last year not throwing him in there sooner. He would have struggled...
MIKE HOLMGREN We won't surprise anybody this year. Last year was fun. This year, there's a little more pressure, b...
FRANK SPURCHISE Last year, that was me in that role. But I tell him: Every little thing you do, Coach sees it.
ANDRE JACOBS It was really shocking. I just talked to him last month, and he was talking about next year. We want...
ANDY KLINK Nothing rattles him. He's just a leader. Any kind of situation, he's pretty much ready for it.
LENNY WALLS Daniel is our best cover guy, bar none. He played corner for us last year, and we put him on their t...
BRIAN SEYMORE My horse was getting a little bit tired. I was really asking him going to the quarter pole, but Alex...
GARRETT GOMEZ I moved him around a little bit on the last lap, but for third place, I didn't want to mess him up. ...
MARK MARTIN It was a good experience, ... It gave me a little taste of what this league is like. It helped me ki...
BRAD THOMPSON Midway down the backside I nudged him a little and thought I'd give him a little encouragement and h...
SHAUN BRIDGMOHAN It was out of character for him to do this. He just kept saying that he had a surprise for us tomorr...
CAROL COSTELLO We were trying to get him back on the field. We saw him a little bit Monday and last Friday. He was ...
DON BRADY I was surprised. It was a little bit of a shock. It was a good surprise, though.
ALEX REDMOND He just said that it was something he had to do. I think it was a pretty big surprise for everybody....
HERBERT WARREN I was concerned with him lugging in there and 'would he rate'? He struggled a bit with the track, bu...
JERRY BAILEY The plan was to just get physical with him, just beat him up at the line and get in his head a littl...
DEMARIO MINTER We didn't stretch him out too far. Every time I stretched him out a little bit further than his comf...
BRIAN BUTTERFIELD He pinned him earlier this year. And it wasn't a case of catching him and pinning him. As I recall, ...
GARY BAUM Lucas worked so hard. We had him doing so much. He just tired a little bit. It's not his fault. He w...
DARIN LEE He probably gave away 55 zucchini last year. The garden was huge. It was higher than him. Even if he...
LUCILLE MANCKE I feel like Ben Wallace stole it. Well, he didn't steal it, but I feel like I gave him three defensi...
RON ARTEST I would have to say all he needs is a little bit to go his way. If a little bit goes his way, I thin...
MARCO ANDRETTI Last year, it kind of bothered me a little bit. Now I've gotten used to it. It just adds a little in...
SHAN FOSTER![]()
If you do not like him, let him alone. If God gave him little, that little let him enjoy.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Just giving him a rest, right in the middle of spring training. We just want to slow him down a litt...
CLINT HURDLE Last year, Robert was still more of a pass catcher. He's got a little more pop to him this year. He'...
MARCUS WASHINGTON Last year, he was pretty much a role player, but this year his role certainly changed. Offensively, ...
DAVE MACDONALD It's not much of a surprise that the job has been given to him. Pretty much since Day 1 on the job a...
DAVID AKIN Last year they had a guy hand it to him that he didn't know. This year they said they wanted to pers...
BILLY HICKS That's a bit of an understatement. The staff just gave up and couldn't restrain him forever. 'They l...
GERALD BUTLER It was an unfortunate goofball statement for him to make. All it has really done is make the city lo...
TRACIE WASHINGTON One of the reasons I played him a lot, I thought it was better for him to be occupied than to sit an...
FLIP SAUNDERS Wags threw him two sliders that ate up his knuckles a little bit, ... He just was able to battle and...
CRAIG BIGGIO I guess we were too high, and acted stupid. I wasn't trying to kill him, I just wanted to hit him . ...
JEFFERY SPURGEON Last year was a lost year for him, and we're lucky anything worse didn't happen.
BARCLAY TAGG He had it thrust upon him this year and has gotten better at it. He's done a better job on the night...
DICK FRANTI Him getting us up as sophomores and us winning a regional title, that gave us experience for last ye...
BRADY STUCKEY Last year, we babied him a little. Now his role is different.
DAN SPARROW It was tough for him not to play, it was tough for him not to compete last year. Now, it's time for ...
JACK LEGGETT I said going into the ballgame that I thought there was a little bit of an advantage in having a sen...
GARY PATTERSON![]()
I wanted him to feel what I felt when I was with him: that incredible combination of comfort, decade...
JODI PICOULT He didn't look too stressed about it, so we just kind of fed off him. I talked with him a little bit...
KARON BRADLEY It was a great win for him. He didn't have a lot of success last year and needed confidence. This wi...
JEFF STOVER The reason Martin studied Japanese is because orchestra members teased him that he was illiterate in...
CARRIE SMITH I mean, he's a little bit bigger, obviously, than Santana, so he's a little bit more physical. He ha...
HERMAN EDWARDS I think it was pretty much one of those days. We were going up against tough competitors and Harvard...
GEORGE KOLOMBATOVICH The early baskets for him just gave him a lot of confidence. Anyone that gets those early baskets, i...
CONRAD FALK We just need to nurse him and bring him back. There's a little bit of fear in him. He's starting to ...
HERM SCHNEIDER![]()
Just last year i wanted to kill him, but now it is my duty to save him.
SUZANNE COLLINS They look at his senior year, but he lost so much talent. From his junior year he lost a bunch of gu...
JASON CARTER He's been a real pleasant surprise, honestly. He's improved a ton from the spring. The fact that he ...
SONNY DYKES I was a bit apprehensive about joining. But it just gave me so much more confidence.
LYNN FORD![]()
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what...
IMTIAZ ALI He looked like like he was still favoring it a little bit this morning when he was out on the floor....
BRIAN HILL We are hiding him a little bit. It's really not by design. We switched a few things with him in batt...
ADAM MILLER I was just trying to catch him. He had a little bit of a step on me. I just waited for him to bring ...
COLBY ARMSTRONG Matt has pitched well. I thought when I recruited him he was pretty good, but I've been pleasantly s...
DENNIS MARTEL It was a surprise seeing (Dukes) in their starting lineup. We didn't have much on him. People will n...
BARCLAY RADEBAUGH If I can get just a little bit of what they had last year, man, I'll be happy,
LARRY TRIPPLETT I just went to roll around with him for a little bit. He got his first points. And dislocated my elb...
JUSTIN ARTHUR He indicated that. He'd had plenty of work. For him playing 18 straight, he was happy to get a littl...
MIKE MCKENNA Last year he had a really strong first serve -- if it went in. This year he is much more consistent ...
JEFF SCHULTE He said 'Guys, I apologize for the situation I put you in, I put everyone in a bad spot a little bit...
DALLAS DRAKE We had batted him fourth every game and we moved him down today for the first time, just because he ...
BRETT ISAACS I can cook a little bit but pretty much when I get back from practice I am pretty tired that I just ...
ANDREW BOGUT It looked like he was galloping, and I thought he was going way too slow. But he went :49 1/5, and I...
DAN HENDRICKS![]()
As always, just the sight of him gave her a quick inner jolt. His face was like a painting, a depict...
J.D. ROBB![]()
I talked to him [Friday] and he was great as far as when he was playing long-toss. I feel better abo...
JOE TORRE This is something of a surprise just because the backlash was so strong last year to reinstate full ...
CRAIG AARON It's pretty exciting. When I was told last night, I was personally excited to have him here for the ...
GREGG LANGBEHN Yeah, he looks pretty good, ... He's big, fast, but I've seen people stop him. Georgia Tech did a pr...
DUANE BROWN That was pretty awesome for him.
JA DORRIS It has a lot to do with his senior confidence. He was a little woozy the last couple starts, especia...
AB DETTORRE Those lectures were just terrible, ... I would draw this little rat who was on four legs. Whatever t...
STEPHAN PASTIS He was Kobe Bryant tonight. I was pretty sure he wanted to come back at us because we pretty much hu...
ANDRE IGUODALA![]()
He pitched well last year, but we just didn't score any runs for him.
GARY COLLINS He's a great player and he can play a little bit of everything, and he's out for the year now. That'...
JAY GRUDEN Sam is an offensive-type player who can make a play. So we sent him in just in case Delaware State g...
CLIFF REED This was a bit of a surprise. But it was a relatively good surprise.
MARK SCHAPPEL It's the best he's ever pitched. He's pitched pretty well all year. We finally gave him some (defens...
AL POUND I talked to him last week a little bit. He wants to play here. That's what he said.
INFIELDER ENRIQUE WILSON If you knew Val like we know him in the organization, you wouldn't be terribly surprised that he's p...
TERRY CROWLEY
MARK SNYDER Favre didn't do too much last year. It's not going to make that much of a difference with or without...
JEFF SHERMAN I think it's definitely more pressure than last year. Last year Lance sort of absorbed everything an...
TOM DANIELSON Yeah, there was a little bit of jealousy last year. But I was so excited for him. He said it was a o...
MARISSA YOUNG I just told him to relax a little bit. That was it.
FREDDY ADU Last year was tough for Kyle, but a little bit of humbling is never a bad thing. It forced him to re...
DAN WERNER Last year, I think he relied a little bit too much on strength. This year his technique was better. ...
KYLE GRAICHEN But he just seems to have an engine . . . that allows him to run marathons pretty well. He's also ve...
CHRIS SMITH I think he was kind of rejuvenated, knowing that he felt like he belonged there. I think it gave him...
JERRY SLOAN It was a little bit of a surprise.
ARLENE SILVEIRA
Earlier this year against this club, he played well. It's something that I think was important for h... JOE TORRE We pretty much had to push him out of bed. We gave him lots of treats.
BARBARA BISHOP We're trying to do our best to rest him between games. Last year he wore down a little bit.
FRED LEDEZMA
The river was very real; it held him comfortably and gave him the time at last, the leisure, to cons... RAY BRADBURY Ike was open. I had to hold the ball a little bit longer for him to clear. It was a blitz. I just ov...
BRIAN GRIESE Steve, Rick and Josh are all favorites. Steve might be a little bit ahead. What hurt Steve last year...
MARK OLSEN I just gave him a little yell, but he knew where I was.
DANY HEATLEY I think last year might have been a surprise, because last year, there was a thought that he could p...
LYNN WASHOWICH I think we made a little mistake last year not throwing him in there sooner. He would have struggled...
MIKE HOLMGREN We won't surprise anybody this year. Last year was fun. This year, there's a little more pressure, b...
FRANK SPURCHISE Last year, that was me in that role. But I tell him: Every little thing you do, Coach sees it.
ANDRE JACOBS It was really shocking. I just talked to him last month, and he was talking about next year. We want...
ANDY KLINK Nothing rattles him. He's just a leader. Any kind of situation, he's pretty much ready for it.
LENNY WALLS Daniel is our best cover guy, bar none. He played corner for us last year, and we put him on their t...
BRIAN SEYMORE My horse was getting a little bit tired. I was really asking him going to the quarter pole, but Alex...
GARRETT GOMEZ I moved him around a little bit on the last lap, but for third place, I didn't want to mess him up. ...
MARK MARTIN It was a good experience, ... It gave me a little taste of what this league is like. It helped me ki...
BRAD THOMPSON Midway down the backside I nudged him a little and thought I'd give him a little encouragement and h...
SHAUN BRIDGMOHAN It was out of character for him to do this. He just kept saying that he had a surprise for us tomorr...
CAROL COSTELLO We were trying to get him back on the field. We saw him a little bit Monday and last Friday. He was ...
DON BRADY I was surprised. It was a little bit of a shock. It was a good surprise, though.
ALEX REDMOND He just said that it was something he had to do. I think it was a pretty big surprise for everybody....
HERBERT WARREN I was concerned with him lugging in there and 'would he rate'? He struggled a bit with the track, bu...
JERRY BAILEY The plan was to just get physical with him, just beat him up at the line and get in his head a littl...
DEMARIO MINTER We didn't stretch him out too far. Every time I stretched him out a little bit further than his comf...
BRIAN BUTTERFIELD He pinned him earlier this year. And it wasn't a case of catching him and pinning him. As I recall, ...
GARY BAUM Lucas worked so hard. We had him doing so much. He just tired a little bit. It's not his fault. He w...
DARIN LEE He probably gave away 55 zucchini last year. The garden was huge. It was higher than him. Even if he...
LUCILLE MANCKE I feel like Ben Wallace stole it. Well, he didn't steal it, but I feel like I gave him three defensi...
RON ARTEST I would have to say all he needs is a little bit to go his way. If a little bit goes his way, I thin...
MARCO ANDRETTI Last year, it kind of bothered me a little bit. Now I've gotten used to it. It just adds a little in...
SHAN FOSTER
If you do not like him, let him alone. If God gave him little, that little let him enjoy. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Just giving him a rest, right in the middle of spring training. We just want to slow him down a litt...
CLINT HURDLE Last year, Robert was still more of a pass catcher. He's got a little more pop to him this year. He'...
MARCUS WASHINGTON Last year, he was pretty much a role player, but this year his role certainly changed. Offensively, ...
DAVE MACDONALD It's not much of a surprise that the job has been given to him. Pretty much since Day 1 on the job a...
DAVID AKIN Last year they had a guy hand it to him that he didn't know. This year they said they wanted to pers...
BILLY HICKS That's a bit of an understatement. The staff just gave up and couldn't restrain him forever. 'They l...
GERALD BUTLER It was an unfortunate goofball statement for him to make. All it has really done is make the city lo...
TRACIE WASHINGTON One of the reasons I played him a lot, I thought it was better for him to be occupied than to sit an...
FLIP SAUNDERS Wags threw him two sliders that ate up his knuckles a little bit, ... He just was able to battle and...
CRAIG BIGGIO I guess we were too high, and acted stupid. I wasn't trying to kill him, I just wanted to hit him . ...
JEFFERY SPURGEON Last year was a lost year for him, and we're lucky anything worse didn't happen.
BARCLAY TAGG He had it thrust upon him this year and has gotten better at it. He's done a better job on the night...
DICK FRANTI Him getting us up as sophomores and us winning a regional title, that gave us experience for last ye...
BRADY STUCKEY Last year, we babied him a little. Now his role is different.
DAN SPARROW It was tough for him not to play, it was tough for him not to compete last year. Now, it's time for ...
JACK LEGGETT I said going into the ballgame that I thought there was a little bit of an advantage in having a sen...
GARY PATTERSON
I wanted him to feel what I felt when I was with him: that incredible combination of comfort, decade... JODI PICOULT He didn't look too stressed about it, so we just kind of fed off him. I talked with him a little bit...
KARON BRADLEY It was a great win for him. He didn't have a lot of success last year and needed confidence. This wi...
JEFF STOVER The reason Martin studied Japanese is because orchestra members teased him that he was illiterate in...
CARRIE SMITH I mean, he's a little bit bigger, obviously, than Santana, so he's a little bit more physical. He ha...
HERMAN EDWARDS I think it was pretty much one of those days. We were going up against tough competitors and Harvard...
GEORGE KOLOMBATOVICH The early baskets for him just gave him a lot of confidence. Anyone that gets those early baskets, i...
CONRAD FALK We just need to nurse him and bring him back. There's a little bit of fear in him. He's starting to ...
HERM SCHNEIDER
Just last year i wanted to kill him, but now it is my duty to save him. SUZANNE COLLINS They look at his senior year, but he lost so much talent. From his junior year he lost a bunch of gu...
JASON CARTER He's been a real pleasant surprise, honestly. He's improved a ton from the spring. The fact that he ...
SONNY DYKES I was a bit apprehensive about joining. But it just gave me so much more confidence.
LYNN FORD
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what... IMTIAZ ALI He looked like like he was still favoring it a little bit this morning when he was out on the floor....
BRIAN HILL We are hiding him a little bit. It's really not by design. We switched a few things with him in batt...
ADAM MILLER I was just trying to catch him. He had a little bit of a step on me. I just waited for him to bring ...
COLBY ARMSTRONG Matt has pitched well. I thought when I recruited him he was pretty good, but I've been pleasantly s...
DENNIS MARTEL It was a surprise seeing (Dukes) in their starting lineup. We didn't have much on him. People will n...
BARCLAY RADEBAUGH If I can get just a little bit of what they had last year, man, I'll be happy,
LARRY TRIPPLETT I just went to roll around with him for a little bit. He got his first points. And dislocated my elb...
JUSTIN ARTHUR He indicated that. He'd had plenty of work. For him playing 18 straight, he was happy to get a littl...
MIKE MCKENNA Last year he had a really strong first serve -- if it went in. This year he is much more consistent ...
JEFF SCHULTE He said 'Guys, I apologize for the situation I put you in, I put everyone in a bad spot a little bit...
DALLAS DRAKE We had batted him fourth every game and we moved him down today for the first time, just because he ...
BRETT ISAACS I can cook a little bit but pretty much when I get back from practice I am pretty tired that I just ...
ANDREW BOGUT It looked like he was galloping, and I thought he was going way too slow. But he went :49 1/5, and I...
DAN HENDRICKS
As always, just the sight of him gave her a quick inner jolt. His face was like a painting, a depict... J.D. ROBB
I talked to him [Friday] and he was great as far as when he was playing long-toss. I feel better abo... JOE TORRE This is something of a surprise just because the backlash was so strong last year to reinstate full ...
CRAIG AARON It's pretty exciting. When I was told last night, I was personally excited to have him here for the ...
GREGG LANGBEHN Yeah, he looks pretty good, ... He's big, fast, but I've seen people stop him. Georgia Tech did a pr...
DUANE BROWN That was pretty awesome for him.
JA DORRIS It has a lot to do with his senior confidence. He was a little woozy the last couple starts, especia...
AB DETTORRE Those lectures were just terrible, ... I would draw this little rat who was on four legs. Whatever t...
STEPHAN PASTIS He was Kobe Bryant tonight. I was pretty sure he wanted to come back at us because we pretty much hu...
ANDRE IGUODALA
He pitched well last year, but we just didn't score any runs for him. GARY COLLINS He's a great player and he can play a little bit of everything, and he's out for the year now. That'...
JAY GRUDEN Sam is an offensive-type player who can make a play. So we sent him in just in case Delaware State g...
CLIFF REED This was a bit of a surprise. But it was a relatively good surprise.
MARK SCHAPPEL It's the best he's ever pitched. He's pitched pretty well all year. We finally gave him some (defens...
AL POUND I talked to him last week a little bit. He wants to play here. That's what he said.
INFIELDER ENRIQUE WILSON If you knew Val like we know him in the organization, you wouldn't be terribly surprised that he's p...
TERRY CROWLEY
The only thing I hated about the agency business was a lot of business travel. It was the only part ... 
Changes in my personal life are nerve-racking for me. 