Spring Quotations | Page 9

I still think he runs a little ginger at times. But he's doing everything he has to do. I'm never going to say never until we get down to the end of spring training. I think you just leave your options open.

I thought I was done. I've never had an injury like that in my life. I thought I was going to be out like two months. I'm just glad it happened during spring training and before the regular season.

I thought he would fit in better back at safety. I think he was struggling a little bit at the Husky position so we wanted to put him back at strong safety, where he was probably a little bit more comfortable. We didn't want to go too deep into spring without doing that so we tried to evaluate it as quickly as we could with him.

I thought I'd have a good spring if I was given an opportunity to show what I can do. Finally, I'm on the radar. That's the big thing. If I don't make the team now, there will be a chance for me later in the season.

I was just fortunate I was able to throw when I came back, ... After Ted Williams ran into a wall (during spring training of 1954), he wasn't able to really throw again.

I was just loose all day, ... I thought I might have too much rear spring for it and it kind of took a dive for life and put some rubbers in the left-rear spring and put some wedge in it for that last run and it just killed my car.

I will sit down with him at spring training, and we'll discuss what we might need to do. I know Chris is willing to do anything we want him to do. We'll see what makes sense and figure out a way to get him some at-bats.

I talked to the directors and you know, myself and Robbie have had a pretty off and on spring -- a lot of sickness and injuries. Robbie crashed bad right before the classics started. He thought he would be back on form by now, but he was fighting a lot of discomforts, and right when he started getting better he got sick -- probably due to the stress trying to come back from an injury. He has had a pretty off spring for him, so he just wanted to stay home and rebuild. Coming here was going to be traveling, and the race is really an unknown to him.

J.J. is one of the best friends I've made this spring. To watch him have the spring he had and not make it is a little bittersweet.

It is great news for our program and for Craig Henderson . He has spoken to all of his spring term professors and they have all expressed their support for him.

I think the fact that RT worked at running back all spring and fall, made the move easier for him. To be a really good team you have to have quality depth.

I think the fact that RT worked at running back all spring and fall made the move easier for him.

It is just part of Spring Training soreness. If this was during the season, I'd play through it.

Last year I got into a slump at a bad time because our team was desperate. We were losing a lot of games and they made a lot of moves during that time, and I was one of them. Instead of going with another team, I chose to stay home and get healthy to be 100 percent for Spring Training this year.

Last year in the spring it was an alternator belt that broke when we were leading that took us out of contention, and then in the fall last year we were leading at the end before fuel strategy cost us the win. But Richmond is a terrific racetrack.

Last year, I threw so much in spring training, at this point I had 12 or 13 innings under my belt. It was ridiculous. I'm excited. I threw 60 pitches already, how many more do I have to have? Seventy-five or 80 in my next start, and from there I can go to 100, really.

I think we're going to take one day at a time. I think that if he does what we expect him to do this year, no one's going to look back and say whether he missed a spring training game or not.

It is a mystery to me that we did not convert any of our penalties, but Constant Spring did enough to win. Hopefully we'll get it right on Sunday.

It is an evolvement of this last spring collection from last year and the fall collection of silhouettes and structure,

It is a nice buttery, flaky fish that is so pleasant to eat. It requires a delicate cooking method. It can hold up with a lot of flavors and combinations with ingredients. My favorite is with citrus and this will be great when we introduce it this spring at DC Coast for the first time.

It is a pitch I have to throw. It is a feel pitch. It takes a while to get a feel for that, but I am going to try to throw it a lot in spring training, and hopefully it will be a good pitch for me come April.

It is a slow time of the year, so I will probably not feel it until spring time. For a significant number of my customers, it will take longer for them to get to me.

It is a very significant spring conference, especially squeezing it in right before the Final Four.

I think the way things look at the moment it's probably spring 2006 before we see the housing market pick-up and that will then flow through, three, six, nine months later,

I think the win gives our program a lot of confidence, but I still don't think anybody is going to give us any respect. We've got to start working in the spring again and get ready for next year.

I think the time away let him see the big picture. The technical part which way do the hips face, where do your eyes go that's where there is a little rust. But the spring is where you can shake the rust off.

I think the Spring House is an issue they're going to leave alone.

I think there will be a lot of excitement in spring training next year.

I think there's a little bit more to play for in the spring time than there is in the summer because everybody wants to be a champion at their high school and that's the main difference I see between coaching legion ball and coaching at the school.

Over the next few trading sessions, it will be important to watch whether the stock market sells off on rising volume. If that should happen, that could mean a spring correction is on the way.

Overall we've been playing a lot better, especially over the spring break. I really think we're starting to play well.

Our travel segment is growing two to three times faster than the travel industry as a whole, We're seeing more organized group tours during the spring break time, and a lot wider diversity of travel destinations.

Our spring quarterly will be back in stores mid-January and everyone will see that there's no change in our editorial policy. We will still have butts and partial nudity.

Our staff objective for the spring is always to prepare for the fall. We wanted to work with the team in different systems and with a variety of players in different positions - a lot of experimenting. That being the objective, I think we had a successful spring.

Our scoring system showed if you turn the ball over it's going to hurt you. Overall, I think the spring was really good. We wanted to have some fun and we did that. We wrapped it up on a positive note.

Our coaches and out student athletes feel like it needs to be resurfaced now. Our administration has decided to wait for spring season to see if we can maintain it.

Our goal is to send the pitchers back to their respective clubs after the competition in better shape than they would have been under a normal spring schedule. And the last thing we want to have happen is to get someone hurt.

Our goal is to get him to the point of three to four days a week in extended Spring Training before we can get him out.

I think he's going to get bigger and better. He's going to play a lot of football here. If he continues to progress the way he has this spring and in the weight room this winter, there's no reason why he can't be an awfully good player in the Big Ten Conference.

I think he's Peter Pan. It's like he's barely touching the ice ... Jeff has this light, effortless kind of spring and agility that is just incredible.

I think he's probably 80 percent better than he was last spring and 30 percent better than last fall. But he's still got some finishing touches he's got to put on his game. But that's why we practice.

it has been a difficult spring and summer.

I think I'll have more of a coaching role this spring -- try to teach the young guys what I know.

I think I'm capable of performing at the level where they're going to have confidence in me. I want to prove to them that there's no doubt. I'm real confident that I can come out of spring as the starting quarterback.

I think my arm is still in shape from then. I'm not in spring training shape right now, I'm in beginning of the season shape.

I think one of the most interesting trends for spring is military. We saw it for fall, but for spring it's being shown with a floaty dress and I think it's made designers very creative, like, how do I do military but lighten it and make it soft?

I think prep basketball over the entire state has gotten better. And I think you can see it from these players that spring up at programs from around the country and you say, 'Where did this kid come from?

I was told in spring training I was the team leader -- by Paul DePodesta. By Jim Tracy. By (team owner) Frank McCourt, ... Growing up in L.A., I know how to deal with all types of people, and I do it on an everyday basis. But some people don't deal with all different types of people every day, and therefore don't know how to handle situations when they arise.

I was told in spring training I was the team leader by Paul DePodesta. By Jim Tracy. By Frank McCourt. Growing up in LA, I know how to deal with all types of people, and I do it on an everyday basis. But some people don't deal with all different types of people every day, and therefore don't know how to handle situations when they arise.

I was used to a few reporters in Phoenix who would walk by in passing and asked me how I was feeling. Here, I had 10 guys asking me about two innings in spring training.

I was trying to get my mechanics straightened out and I think it paid off. I felt normal for the first season, even in Spring Training. Seeing it is not enough, I need to feel it and tonight I could feel I was in the right groove.

I tell sellers that the market is tough. It's a spring market, but it's a different spring market than a year ago.

I was thinking about my career, and it's been eight years since I've come back to Spring Training in consecutive years with the same team. It's nice to come in, people know you and you know them. It's a little more relaxed.

I won't maintain that emotional level. I guess I'm lucky we have another week left in spring training, and that will give me an opportunity to recover.

I wish we had a stronger spring sports program, so I could say we will overtake Tampa Prep, but I don't know. It would take something happening that I am not expecting.

I wish we had two more weeks to add on to Spring Training. If we had that, I think he'd be fine, but we don't have that.

I won't be different than anyone on the 25-man roster. When Spring Training starts, the mustache goes.

It feels great since this is my first arbitration contract. Now, I'm looking forward to spring training and the season.

It felt rightà It restores your faith in mankind. People are giving up their spring break to help others. It's all humbling and makes you want to be a better person.

It felt right It restores your faith in mankind. People are giving up their spring break to help others. It's all humbling and makes you want to be a better person.

I was excited to see that we finally got in double digits in runs. It's been a cold spring for us with the bats.

I think he will play catch-up most of Spring Training because of the time that he's missed.

I think he'll play catch up most of spring training just because of the time he's missed. He's going to play catch up the whole year really ... but that's OK. A lot of great pitchers have had to do it.

It doesn't put you so far out of position you can't catch up. I think come spring time, he'll get a shot to show what he's got.

It doesn't look promising for a wet spring at this point.

It doesn't get any better than that. It's what we've been talking about all spring - we went up there looking for something good to take a swing at.

It feels like a long time, ... It's going to be the jitters all over again. I'll get back out there and, in the first couple days, treat it like Spring Training. Get out there and get my feet wet again and just take it one day at a time.

It feels like Spring Training again, ... That first week of spring when everything feels great and you wake up the next day sore.

It feels like there is still something lodged in there, but it does feel better, and the guys who are watching say it looks a lot better. I've got a ways to go. I've got to be able to maintain my throwing throughout the spring training if I'm going to be able to play during the season.

It feels fresh and it feels good. During spring training, you can see it a little fire, a little more chemistry here. That's what you need.

Just to be able to go into Spring Training and know you have a chance to make the final team is something you look forward to. The first year going, you know you don't have a chance. To know it could be different this year and it could be your opportunity, it's just a matter of taking hold of it and going with it.

Kelly is poised for her best spring season. The juniors will have a great opportunity to play this spring...I am looking for something great out of the juniors.

I think the pickings are going to be leaner than consumers expect because business has been fairly robust. I think we've had a relatively mild winter, which means the early spring merchandise that's on display has been hitting a better weather consumer mood. I think, given that inventories are probably moving quite well, there isn't going to be much clearance selling for spring.

I think the idea is to go to spring training and have a competition and see. What it does provide is some insurance if we feel Anthony is not ready.

I think that they have that confidence and that fire that we didn't have two years ago. They have an extra spring in their step.

It is not just economic spring returning to the German recovery, it looks like full blown summer has arrived for German business confidence.

I think we all understand that a running game allows you to control the game. When we were able to run the football, that allows you to protect your defense and it allows you to do a lot of things that help you to win. We were very, very average running the football. And I think that always comes back to haunt you. I can guarantee you this spring that becomes an area that we must improve in, and we will.

I think it's reasonable to think he can play 120 games. I know we're going to have to rest him, and some days he'll come in cranky and unable to go. The next step is get him out in spring training and get him in position to do what I think he wants to do. Whether that happens or not, only God knows, but I think the effort is going to be there.

I think it's the mentality of spring training and the mentality of the minor leagues. You know when you put that Braves jersey on, you're coming to the field to win every night.

I think it was good to get one of these in. Generally you encounter in spring every situation you'd face in the regular season. This was another one of those.

I think it was needed because at this point in my career my body needs to heal. I wasn't giving it a chance to heal. I think that's why the injuries affected me late in the season. Now I get a chance to get in shape at spring training and start off fresh.

I think this is uncharted territory. They've never had to practice during spring break, but they're happy they're going and ready to play.

It happens all the time, guys all over the big leagues show up at different times. He'll be ready to play. Manny's one of those guys who if he didn't show up for spring training, I'd still know he'd be ready for the season when the season started.

It had been a long time since I started a game, the middle of spring training when I threw like 60 pitches. It felt good to throw that game.

It had something to do with it. I couldn't get as much lift, enough spring when I wanted to drive and penetrate and my shot got blocked a couple of times.

It gives people the opportunity to enjoy God's showcase of spring with flowers and trees, and get plenty of fresh air and exercise.

It gives us a chance to play teams from around the country. I'm really looking forward to it. It's the first year we've done it, and usually during Spring Break we flatten off because we won't play.

It gave us the opportunity to reclaim all the bark. During the spring months particularly on poplar the bark would slip off.

I thought overall it was a very good year. We had a good first half and a terrible second half. In spring training, if you asked people what would you be happy with, I think they would have said they would be happy with a .500 record.

I think we could rally for the next 30 days, but again, I think you probably want to be more cautious as you get into the spring when the IMF austerity programs in Asia start to really pull the economies down. So even though we have some current relief rally happening, I think it could be short-lived and not as sustained as we might want.

I think we struggled in the first half. I'm not sure if we were ready to show up; maybe had a little Spring Break issue going on. In the second half we showed up to play. We picked it up, we started going to the ball better, we started following our passes, and we got one in the goal.

I think we've had a good spring. We've progressed, I think, in virtually every area. Spring is all about fundamentals and technique. It's not about out scheming each other offensively or defensively. It's about making every player on your football team better fundamentally and technique-wise ? and I think we've done that.

I think you?re going to pay a premium for the hotels, but you probably would pay a premium anyway because of spring break.

I thought both played really solid. Elaine (Harris) had a great week and really proved she can play at the highest level. Shannon (Johnson) continues to play well as she has throughout the spring season, and she has the skills to go the distance.

I thought, by the end of the game, we were swinging the bats as good as we have all year. And considering we just came back from spring break, that's a good sign.

I thought for an early, cold spring game we did pretty good. We didn't swing the bat as well as we'd have liked to. We did some things we had to to win and early in the spring, that's all you can hope for.

I think in our case it's come together pretty well. I think Ozzie instilled that from the beginning in spring training, that we're going to be together six months and make the best out of it.

I thought we had a great performance and got a great result in a foreign country. We changed our system ... and flooded the midfield to try to spring our forwards wide. It allowed us to attack and defend effectively.

I tasted spring - the cupcakes and pizza and polish sausage. From the fall, I had turkey and dressing. It was mouth-watering. And I had cabbage and turnip greens.

I think it's a big disadvantage because I think you need to be playing. It's one thing to practice. ... About six or seven years ago we had a similar situation. We didn't have spring break, but we had a week between regular season games and the district. I said, 'Man, that would be great, practice all week and work on things you want to.' We were flat as can be going into districts.