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KYLE MONAHAN I was just trying to be patient. I was trying to move the runner over, not hit the ball hard.
ALLISON GENGLER I had my good stuff. I just kept the ball down and felt good out there. Everything was fluid. I was ...
CHAD BURNS I was in big trouble, one out, men on first and third. I just wanted to get a ground ball.
ERVIN SANTANA I'll be thinking about it, but I want the ball again. I just got behind him and he was looking fastb...
JOSH HANCOCK![]()
My approach every game is to try to keep the ball down and get ground ball outs.
JACOB DEGROM![]()
I was really trying to get a ground-ball double play. But once I got to two strikes, my mentality ch...
JUSTIN VERLANDER I just tried to hit spots and let my defense work for me. They came through.
BRANDON SHANNONHOUSE I didn't even throw a punch. I tried to get out of it, and they grabbed my sweater and ripped my swe...
MIKE CHAMBERS I went back to my country, and I did very good. That's what I wanted. I was trying to hit the ball t...
FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ I wanted to get hit and just get that out of the way, and after that, I was calm and relaxed and jus...
STANLEY ASUMNU My first goal was to make the cut, I just wanted to prepare as normal for a tournament and just forg...
DANNY DENISON It's kind of hard to leave guys stranded at third base. I was trying to get outs. If he scored, so w...
CASEY FOSSUM I felt good this morning, especially in that first spell and I hit my rhythm in the fifth or sixth o...
GLENN MCGRATH The second at-bat, on the home run, I was trying to go in, and the ball ran out over the inner half ...
AARON HARANG![]()
If I hadn't gotten on base and Molitor singled, Carter wouldn't have gotten the pitch he got to hit ...
RICKEY HENDERSON [In that situation] I have to hit my spots and not throw it over the plate, ... If I just keep it do...
AKINORI OTSUKA I was just looking for a ball over the plate and get it into the air (for a sacrifice fly), ... The ...
JOHN OLERUD I was just going in with my legs, trying to get (the ball) out.
ELIZABETH BESHOAR They hit a weak ground ball right up the middle, and nobody could get to it. I made my pitch, they j...
CHAD QUALLS It felt good to get out there and throw strikes. My command was the key tonight. I was able to spot ...
CHRIS DENNIS I was just trying to put the ball in the air and get a sac fly. I don't hit many that far with my si...
EVAN JOHNSON I was just going out there trying to get outs to continue to keep my team in the game. I wasn't thin...
MARIANGEE BOGADO I didn't think I was going to get to it. But I tried anyway and it worked out.
CASEY MANNING The only thing I was thinking was to try and hit a deep fly ball and it just got a little under my h...
JUSTIN SOTELO It was my first time hitting in a long time, and I just tried to get out there and put the bat on th...
ERIN HORN As soon as the ball hit the bat I was going. I was lucky it was a chopper. I just ran and hoped to G...
JOEY GATHRIGHT When I saw him get the ball, I knew it was going to be close. So, I was just trying to go as hard as...
JOEY GATHRIGHT I tried to play on it and I tried to jump over Aaron Brooks and I knew I felt something pop, but I t...
JAWANN MCCLELLAN That was like my 80th shot. I was just trying to get it in. I tried everything else and finally got ...
ANGIE KUHN I just went out and blew it again. I tried to get the ball away from the plate. It came back over an...
CHAD CORDERO I tried it once and almost hit my neck. No way I was trying it again.
JOSH POWELL Conditions were not favorable since they were windy and cold. I just tried to keep the ball down and...
BRITTANY CHENEY I think it was just a misunderstanding. I was asked why I was standing in the corner, not being aggr...
BEN GORDON It seemed like the ball kind of just bounced my way tonight. I was just going to the spots I was sup...
ERREK SUHR The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO I was just trying my best to get to overtime. In overtime I just tried to get him off my wrists. I w...
COREY PAULISH I just tried to get the ball out too fast.
CHARLIE FRYE I was trying to hit the ball hard somewhere. He threw me a ball that I could handle and I hit it har...
VINNY CASTILLA I was getting in position to throw to second when the ball stayed down. I just didn't get the hop I ...
TOM GLAVINE Out of those hits, I think every ball was hit hard. Even the outs that we made, those balls were hit...
JASON BRANDT Maybe I feel like my game's improved and I feel like I can play this course and compete on this cour...
CHAD CAMPBELL Everything came at just the right time. It worked to our advantage that there were two outs and two ...
DONNA PROCTOR When I was seven, I wanted to be Esther Williams. I was drummed out of Brownies because I snuck off ...
JACKI WEAVER It was a great challenge for me. I just tried to come out and play him as tough as I could. I was de...
DUSTIN SALISBERY![]()
We hit the ball very hard tonight, especially on the ground. We've been trying to get the guys to hi...
CHARLIE BROWN It was a big relief to get my first hit. I was there to play defense, but I wanted to be in a positi...
JEFF FIORENTINO I was trying not to get shot on and it happened anyway. I thought I was going to get pinned there, b...
ADAM HOWARD (Pella) was double-teaming me - they knew who I was - and I was just trying to fight through it and ...
AMANDA ZIMMERMAN I was trying to slow the ball down and they were trying to push the ball. That is the difference in ...
ANGELL FLOYD I wasn't even aware of it on the field. I was out there trying to hit the ball.
JENNILEE HUDDLESTON I've been trying to hit the ball to right field. When I try to pull the ball, I hit foul balls. When...
JOSE LOPEZ Brett was hitting his spots. They just hit the ball.
LARRY MILLIGAN In six years, this was not the first time they had found themselves in
such a compromising posi...
JACQUELINE FRANCIS - WANTING TO REMEMBER, TRYING TO FORGET I'm just trying to hit the ball hard, ... Sometimes it goes out.
CASEY BLAKE I thought I was going to get out of it. I just tried to keep throwing strikes. They were finding the...
BOOF BONSER It's strange for me, power-wise. It's not something I'm accustomed to. I'm not going up trying to hi...
CHRIS SHELTON He told me I had the green light to shoot whenever I wanted. It's kind of a leadership role I had to...
HANNAH REIFF My visit was good, and I just wanted to get the recruiting over with.
BRIAN CARLWELL We tried to get him the ball. That was one of the strategies we tried to do coming into the game. Wi...
BRADY QUINN He had a rough inning the other day against Morris, and I wanted to get him back out there as soon a...
JEFF PETROVIC![]()
Trying to get a fast ball past Hank Aaron is like trying to get the sun past a rooster.
CURT SIMMONS I am. I'm trying to get to my ball faster, and make sure that when it's my turn to hit, I'm ready to...
BEN CRANE I was looking for that pitch, a fastball. I didn't try to do much. I just tried to hit the ball.
CLAUDIO VARGAS It just wasn't the place for me, and he (Williams) told me to do what I wanted to do. I wanted to go...
BRENT VINSON We just worked the ball real low. It was probably our first real good possession together. The ball ...
RYAN ANDERSON I knew I had a base open, so I was trying to get him to roll over on a pitch, or if I got two strike...
TOM GORDON I just wanted to get the ball. It didn't matter where I got it, I just wanted to shoot the ball.
ADAM FOARD I was just thinking, ?Jimmy, hit a ball out of the park to tie the game or get a base hit,'
ALBERT PUJOLS A little different. Just trying to get my energy together. I've been fighting the flu for a while. I...
EARL WATSON I came out of coverage and I saw that Fletch (linebacker London Fletcher) had already secured the ta...
NATE CLEMENTS It was a 1-0 count, and coach called a hit-and-run. I just choked up and tried to hit the ball hard,...
CRAIG BRIMHALL It was a little cutter that was up and out over the plate. I just tried to get the barrel on it and ...
CHAD TRACY I was more concentrating on making sure that I got my steps down, that my routes were looking all ri...
BUBBA FRANKS I tried to milk the lead in the second half and it almost cost us. I wanted us to run at least 45 se...
DAN DONAWITZ Obviously, we didn't hit our spots today. When you miss as badly as we missed, you see what can happ...
MIKE HARGROVE I was down and out. I just tried to get my leg in the air and get a piece of it. It wasn't pretty, b...
GLENN FISHER![]()
Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i...
JOSEPH CONRAD I just tried to get the ball to Nick; I'm not sure how it came back.
DERYCK LIM My first goal was to make the cut. I tried to forget who was in the field, and, thankfully I did. I ...
DANNY DENISON That was our goal. We knew she was their leading scorer. We wanted to hold her down and make other k...
BOB SCOTT![]()
When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket ...
YUVRAJ SINGH That was our strategy against him, to play over and in. I was trying to guard against a hit in front...
CASEY BLAKE The last place I wanted to hit was the right bunkers so I was trying to guard from that and I overgu...
STEVE ELKINGTON With more minutes, I am just trying to play my game. When I'm open, I am just trying to hit the open...
BENO UDRIH It was just a great play. Mike Lundin put the puck up nicely to Greg. He jumped over the blue line a...
JOSH SOARES I saw the ball pretty well and I just tried to stay low and work it out.
ERIC DOUGLAS Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS The past couple days, I've been swinging out of my shoes. But I tried just to focus more and get the...
ASHLEY HANEWICH I was going to glove it at first, and when it hit it kind of checked up, and the next thing that wen...
ADAM EVERETT It was a 3-1 count and we had a run-and-hit on. I knew all I had to do was hit a ball through the in...
COLLIN COWGILL
KYLE MONAHAN I was just trying to be patient. I was trying to move the runner over, not hit the ball hard.
ALLISON GENGLER I had my good stuff. I just kept the ball down and felt good out there. Everything was fluid. I was ...
CHAD BURNS I was in big trouble, one out, men on first and third. I just wanted to get a ground ball.
ERVIN SANTANA I'll be thinking about it, but I want the ball again. I just got behind him and he was looking fastb...
JOSH HANCOCK
My approach every game is to try to keep the ball down and get ground ball outs. JACOB DEGROM
I was really trying to get a ground-ball double play. But once I got to two strikes, my mentality ch... JUSTIN VERLANDER I just tried to hit spots and let my defense work for me. They came through.
BRANDON SHANNONHOUSE I didn't even throw a punch. I tried to get out of it, and they grabbed my sweater and ripped my swe...
MIKE CHAMBERS I went back to my country, and I did very good. That's what I wanted. I was trying to hit the ball t...
FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ I wanted to get hit and just get that out of the way, and after that, I was calm and relaxed and jus...
STANLEY ASUMNU My first goal was to make the cut, I just wanted to prepare as normal for a tournament and just forg...
DANNY DENISON It's kind of hard to leave guys stranded at third base. I was trying to get outs. If he scored, so w...
CASEY FOSSUM I felt good this morning, especially in that first spell and I hit my rhythm in the fifth or sixth o...
GLENN MCGRATH The second at-bat, on the home run, I was trying to go in, and the ball ran out over the inner half ...
AARON HARANG
If I hadn't gotten on base and Molitor singled, Carter wouldn't have gotten the pitch he got to hit ... RICKEY HENDERSON [In that situation] I have to hit my spots and not throw it over the plate, ... If I just keep it do...
AKINORI OTSUKA I was just looking for a ball over the plate and get it into the air (for a sacrifice fly), ... The ...
JOHN OLERUD I was just going in with my legs, trying to get (the ball) out.
ELIZABETH BESHOAR They hit a weak ground ball right up the middle, and nobody could get to it. I made my pitch, they j...
CHAD QUALLS It felt good to get out there and throw strikes. My command was the key tonight. I was able to spot ...
CHRIS DENNIS I was just trying to put the ball in the air and get a sac fly. I don't hit many that far with my si...
EVAN JOHNSON I was just going out there trying to get outs to continue to keep my team in the game. I wasn't thin...
MARIANGEE BOGADO I didn't think I was going to get to it. But I tried anyway and it worked out.
CASEY MANNING The only thing I was thinking was to try and hit a deep fly ball and it just got a little under my h...
JUSTIN SOTELO It was my first time hitting in a long time, and I just tried to get out there and put the bat on th...
ERIN HORN As soon as the ball hit the bat I was going. I was lucky it was a chopper. I just ran and hoped to G...
JOEY GATHRIGHT When I saw him get the ball, I knew it was going to be close. So, I was just trying to go as hard as...
JOEY GATHRIGHT I tried to play on it and I tried to jump over Aaron Brooks and I knew I felt something pop, but I t...
JAWANN MCCLELLAN That was like my 80th shot. I was just trying to get it in. I tried everything else and finally got ...
ANGIE KUHN I just went out and blew it again. I tried to get the ball away from the plate. It came back over an...
CHAD CORDERO I tried it once and almost hit my neck. No way I was trying it again.
JOSH POWELL Conditions were not favorable since they were windy and cold. I just tried to keep the ball down and...
BRITTANY CHENEY I think it was just a misunderstanding. I was asked why I was standing in the corner, not being aggr...
BEN GORDON It seemed like the ball kind of just bounced my way tonight. I was just going to the spots I was sup...
ERREK SUHR The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO I was just trying my best to get to overtime. In overtime I just tried to get him off my wrists. I w...
COREY PAULISH I just tried to get the ball out too fast.
CHARLIE FRYE I was trying to hit the ball hard somewhere. He threw me a ball that I could handle and I hit it har...
VINNY CASTILLA I was getting in position to throw to second when the ball stayed down. I just didn't get the hop I ...
TOM GLAVINE Out of those hits, I think every ball was hit hard. Even the outs that we made, those balls were hit...
JASON BRANDT Maybe I feel like my game's improved and I feel like I can play this course and compete on this cour...
CHAD CAMPBELL Everything came at just the right time. It worked to our advantage that there were two outs and two ...
DONNA PROCTOR When I was seven, I wanted to be Esther Williams. I was drummed out of Brownies because I snuck off ...
JACKI WEAVER It was a great challenge for me. I just tried to come out and play him as tough as I could. I was de...
DUSTIN SALISBERY
We hit the ball very hard tonight, especially on the ground. We've been trying to get the guys to hi... CHARLIE BROWN It was a big relief to get my first hit. I was there to play defense, but I wanted to be in a positi...
JEFF FIORENTINO I was trying not to get shot on and it happened anyway. I thought I was going to get pinned there, b...
ADAM HOWARD (Pella) was double-teaming me - they knew who I was - and I was just trying to fight through it and ...
AMANDA ZIMMERMAN I was trying to slow the ball down and they were trying to push the ball. That is the difference in ...
ANGELL FLOYD I wasn't even aware of it on the field. I was out there trying to hit the ball.
JENNILEE HUDDLESTON I've been trying to hit the ball to right field. When I try to pull the ball, I hit foul balls. When...
JOSE LOPEZ Brett was hitting his spots. They just hit the ball.
LARRY MILLIGAN In six years, this was not the first time they had found themselves in
such a compromising posi...
JACQUELINE FRANCIS - WANTING TO REMEMBER, TRYING TO FORGET I'm just trying to hit the ball hard, ... Sometimes it goes out.
CASEY BLAKE I thought I was going to get out of it. I just tried to keep throwing strikes. They were finding the...
BOOF BONSER It's strange for me, power-wise. It's not something I'm accustomed to. I'm not going up trying to hi...
CHRIS SHELTON He told me I had the green light to shoot whenever I wanted. It's kind of a leadership role I had to...
HANNAH REIFF My visit was good, and I just wanted to get the recruiting over with.
BRIAN CARLWELL We tried to get him the ball. That was one of the strategies we tried to do coming into the game. Wi...
BRADY QUINN He had a rough inning the other day against Morris, and I wanted to get him back out there as soon a...
JEFF PETROVIC
Trying to get a fast ball past Hank Aaron is like trying to get the sun past a rooster. CURT SIMMONS I am. I'm trying to get to my ball faster, and make sure that when it's my turn to hit, I'm ready to...
BEN CRANE I was looking for that pitch, a fastball. I didn't try to do much. I just tried to hit the ball.
CLAUDIO VARGAS It just wasn't the place for me, and he (Williams) told me to do what I wanted to do. I wanted to go...
BRENT VINSON We just worked the ball real low. It was probably our first real good possession together. The ball ...
RYAN ANDERSON I knew I had a base open, so I was trying to get him to roll over on a pitch, or if I got two strike...
TOM GORDON I just wanted to get the ball. It didn't matter where I got it, I just wanted to shoot the ball.
ADAM FOARD I was just thinking, ?Jimmy, hit a ball out of the park to tie the game or get a base hit,'
ALBERT PUJOLS A little different. Just trying to get my energy together. I've been fighting the flu for a while. I...
EARL WATSON I came out of coverage and I saw that Fletch (linebacker London Fletcher) had already secured the ta...
NATE CLEMENTS It was a 1-0 count, and coach called a hit-and-run. I just choked up and tried to hit the ball hard,...
CRAIG BRIMHALL It was a little cutter that was up and out over the plate. I just tried to get the barrel on it and ...
CHAD TRACY I was more concentrating on making sure that I got my steps down, that my routes were looking all ri...
BUBBA FRANKS I tried to milk the lead in the second half and it almost cost us. I wanted us to run at least 45 se...
DAN DONAWITZ Obviously, we didn't hit our spots today. When you miss as badly as we missed, you see what can happ...
MIKE HARGROVE I was down and out. I just tried to get my leg in the air and get a piece of it. It wasn't pretty, b...
GLENN FISHER
Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD I just tried to get the ball to Nick; I'm not sure how it came back.
DERYCK LIM My first goal was to make the cut. I tried to forget who was in the field, and, thankfully I did. I ...
DANNY DENISON That was our goal. We knew she was their leading scorer. We wanted to hold her down and make other k...
BOB SCOTT
When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket ... YUVRAJ SINGH That was our strategy against him, to play over and in. I was trying to guard against a hit in front...
CASEY BLAKE The last place I wanted to hit was the right bunkers so I was trying to guard from that and I overgu...
STEVE ELKINGTON With more minutes, I am just trying to play my game. When I'm open, I am just trying to hit the open...
BENO UDRIH It was just a great play. Mike Lundin put the puck up nicely to Greg. He jumped over the blue line a...
JOSH SOARES I saw the ball pretty well and I just tried to stay low and work it out.
ERIC DOUGLAS Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS The past couple days, I've been swinging out of my shoes. But I tried just to focus more and get the...
ASHLEY HANEWICH I was going to glove it at first, and when it hit it kind of checked up, and the next thing that wen...
ADAM EVERETT It was a 3-1 count and we had a run-and-hit on. I knew all I had to do was hit a ball through the in...
COLLIN COWGILL
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