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The old saying in baseball is pitching and defense will win championships, but scoring runs will win you games. We have to score too.


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Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
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JASON TREUTELAAR We will have five defensive coaches on the field. We want the players to see that where the emphasis...
CHRIS AULT If we can score a couple runs early we're ready to go, but when we sit around and wait for something...
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CURT REED We finally hit the ball (during the rally) and were able to score a few runs, but we can't expect to...
DANA FIEDLER Not the kind of one-run game this team is used to. This is probably the most runs we've given up all...
SCOTT KNORR When you don't score, you don't win. Tyler threw a heck of a game, but we have to score runs for him...
TIM ZOMBRO We played pretty good defense, we didn't make any errors. You don't make many errors and score nine ...
AL MCCULLOCK We're scoring enough points to win and we know we're going to continue to score. We just need to foc...
DONNIE MCGRATH Players win games, teams win championships.
BILL TAYLOR Pitching and defense won't win it for you, but it will keep you from losing. It kept us in there unt...
CLAY HILL We win that game and we're right there (one game behind) and the pressure's on them. If you're going...
ERIC SIMONI Our pitching has been strong this year and it is nice to know that you have a staff to rely on, not ...
LEIGH ROSS We just need some help right now scoring points. We didn't play that bad defensively, but we've got ...
DAVE MACDONALD They build their team around that ballpark and they always have great pitching. Great arms on the mo...
JOHN ANDERSON Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
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MICHAEL JORDAN Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup.
SIDNEY CROSBY You really like to win the home games. Split on the road, win at home. That's how you win championsh...
BILL TRUMBO If you rebound and play defense, that will win you a lot more games than shooting well. We haven't s...
BRUCE THOMAS Everyone is doing their part this season on both ends of the court. You can play the best defense, b...
DOUG MCCARTER We haven't been scoring runs. We've had enough good pitching. Our offense needs to pick up the pitch...
LUIS SALAZAR That's how you win - pitching and defense.
DEREK JETER I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which ...
GEORGE ALEXANDER I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day.
GEORGE HERMAN They know what's at stake. They know what we're all about, so we never have to talk about the winnin...
ALLEN ROSSI Every win is big. We're a great team at crunch time, and every win is important. We capitalize to sc...
TROT NIXON The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understo...
HANK AARON We needed to score a lot of points and, offensively, we didn't do that against Notre Dame, ... But w...
TYLER PALKO Defense and rebounding win championships and those two things are hard work. I have it written on th...
KARRMAYNE KING If she stays healthy, she will be a dominating force on the mound and she will give us a very good c...
CINDY SNEAD We hit in spurts tonight and we were able to string together some hits to get the win. But our pitch...
SID WHEATLEY We will need guys to step up and have confidence in scoring if we are to win another league game.
JAY STAGGS I told the kids we won 14 games, but no championships, so let's go out and win one.
KYLE FENNER Roger pitched a Roger game. They got two great pitching performances and we haven't been able to sco...
JIM EDMONDS Especially being in the middle of the lineup with Ryan behind me, if I get on base, that could be an...
CHASE UTLEY He saved us at least two runs. Pitching and defense wins big ball games.
BOB SHINKAN We feel like we're playing great baseball. It's not just my hit or anyone else's hits. This here, to...
CARL EVERETT It's like we have to win almost 80 or 90 percent of the games. Can we do it with him? That's the que...
OMAR VIZQUEL We pitched well enough to win tonight. We just didn't score any runs.
MIKE HARGROVE My job is to stop shots and keep the team in a position to win. I know if I keep the scoring down to...
ALEC RICHARDS If we can win games, it doesn't matter who is scoring.
KRISTAPS PORZINGIS Our mistakes turn singles into doubles and triples. For us to win we have to score a lot of runs, an...
JEFF RODGERS Any time you score 17 goals you should win comfortably. But it was one of those games where offence ...
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DAMON JONES We've had our struggles. It's a good feeling to get a win. When you score 18 runs, you're supposed t...
BARRY GODSEY They're in the rotation, and they have to win games too.
DAVE LAWN We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more closer games over a period of t...
JIM LEYLAND We are starting to realize we have to hit to win games. The defense can't do it all the time. Hopefu...
JANAE FORSEY I want to win championships, I want to win ball games, and where else is a better place to do it the...
STEFON DIGGS I've got a good old hot rod here. I'm almost embarrassed. ... Quickest don't win you championships a...
JOHN FORCE You have to have pitching and defense. We had pitching, but we just didn't have defense today and th...
LEE MEYER We win games when we score first. We're 10-2-1 when we score the first goal.
JEFF VIZENOR We have had a few key errors that have allowed the other teams to score runs. We have only been outs...
JAIME STEWART I just reacted, ... Defense is something you can win games with.
DAVID BELL Scoring, that's something that comes and goes. I figure if I play solid defense and do the little th...
DEREK RAIVIO I played it to win championships and win as many games as I could. I feel like I did it as well as a...
TROY AIKMAN To me the most important thing was stirring things up and scoring some runs so we could win a ballga...
RICKEY HENDERSON Pitching and defense wins you games in the tournaments. We have an excellent chance to make a lot of...
BRIAN JOROS It's just like baseball is ... it will depend on the pitching. The kids realize it, too. We won't sh...
BOB THOMAS How we do this year really depends on our pitching. We can play defensively, and we can score runs. ...
AL GRAY That's a lot of home runs, ... It's too bad they didn't help us win many games.
ERIC MUNSON He pitched an outstanding game. We just couldn't score enough runs for him to win.
MIKE HARGROVE Defense and rebounding win championships. We can beat people lots of different ways, but ... it's di...
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ERIC CHAVEZ We have to find ways to generate some offense. We made too many physical and mental mistakes out the...
BOB WEINHOLD 'Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons. The truth will win this marathon in court.'
MICHAEL JACKSON Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons. The truth will win this marathon in court.
MICHAEL JACKSON Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
BABE RUTH Goal scoring is a recurring theme. If you aren't scoring then you aren't going to win games....
GARY SPEED It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.
JOE GARAGIOLA We didn't play well on defense, which has been one of our strong points all year. Normally, when you...
BOB THOMAS Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.
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FRAN RIORDAN The bottom line is we've got to win and keep on going. I think we've still got a shot. Before the ga...
CHARLIE MANUEL If we can score some runs, the way Joe's been pitching, we know it's going to be good. I don't know ...
BOBBY CROSBY It's always tough to overcome something like that, but the bottom line is we have to hit and score r...
JOSH STERN I'm optimistic. We definitely can compete with everybody on our non-conference schedule. The confere...
JASON SWEARINGEN It's baseball and it was going to come to an end. Hopefully we are now going to win our next five ga...
PAT MCQUAID So far, the pitching has been very good. The hitters are still getting their timing down. The pitchi...
JARED VOSS I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player th...
HANK AARON I disagree with that. We had the best left-hander in the history of baseball (Steve Carlton) pitchin...
DICKIE NOLES We did a good job with the forwards collapsing down low. But we're not going to win many games scori...
LEE STEMPNIAK We needed to pick up our defense. (Forward) Steve Snider and I have been saying this whole trip that...
CHASE VERBA There was too much standing around and not wanting to get down and play defense. But a win is a win,...
BRIAN CARR We want to win it this year. You have to win the first game, though. The morning games are very, ver...
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JAROMIR JAGR This win will help us with our confidence. This was a big win. Playing in three straight overtime ga...
MICHAEL THORP It was a combination of bad decision-making and not putting anything in the basket. If you're going ...
JAKE KRAUSE That's my job, to score goals and score as many as I can. I don't know if I'm going to be the leader...
ILYA KOVALCHUK Ronnie came in and threw the ball pretty well ... you can't ask for anything better than giving us a...
AARON NIECKULA I will always cherish the times at JGR. The only thing that I regret is that we didn't win more race...
BOBBY LABONTE It would be incredible to pull a win out of this weekend, but it's not to the point where if we lose...
ASHLEIGH KINDER Basically, I told them that we started playing their game a little bit - you take a turn scoring and...
LARRY ROBINSON The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.Everyone wants to win but n...
BOBBY KNIGHT Know you will win and you will win!
STEPHEN RICHARDS We need to win one-goal games and limit other teams to two or less goals. That will always get us a ...
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ERIC HOFFER Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
ERIC HOFFER Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses ...
ERIC HOFFER We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are ...
ERIC HOFFER SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense
ERIC BUTTERWORTH Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-eviden...
ERIC HOFFER The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the b...
ERIC HOFFER The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do un...
ERIC HOFFER Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
ERIC HOFFER Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like ...
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