Bobby Cox Good Quotations

Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far. If you don't leave it alone after a minute or two, you're in trouble. They want to keep the game moving, so they've got to throw you out. I had trouble leaving it alone, I guess.

We've seen Sheets really good the last couple of years.

He had a good day, Kenny. Two easy innings. It was just in time, really, to help us out. We needed that.

He looked as good today, ... as I've ever seen him.

He's a good right-handed hitter and can play some first and left field.

He's a control guy. He just didn't control the ball tonight. His arm, finger, everything is fine. But he did not have good results tonight, at all.

He's a good hitter. The one guy we didn't want to face. We could have walked him if we didn't walk Baerga.

He's a little guy, but he's a darn good pitcher.

He's got great command of his slider, ... We always say you have to command your fastball. But he commands his breaking ball about as good as anybody I've ever seen.

He's got to feel pretty good about himself coming right out of college, pitching in the playoffs and under pressure and everything else. That's a huge step.

Hudson was completely filthy today. He's right on. If he can carry it right on into the regular season, we're in business. That's about as good as it gets.

Huddy struggled in the one inning again, but that was about it. And the bullpen was good again. It's on a roll right now.

Jordan has been swinging the bat good and he's running good, ... He can certainly help us.

John is not 100 percent, ... But if he's 95 percent that's good enough. He is feeling good. . . . It's just a matter of at one time locating his fastball and feeling a little bit better.

John is not 100 percent. But if he's 95 percent, that's good enough.

I talked to Leo and I think he's going home and that's a big thing if a guy can do that. I think it's a good situation for him. He had a wonderful 15 years here and we move on.

I think it changed the atmosphere in this city a little bit, ... We've always had good clubs, not always veterans. We've always had young kids but nothing to this extent during my tenure. Some of those kids are from the area. It really caught on. It energized the town, and created a tremendous amount of interest in the team. You know, they were kind of the underdog kids, and people root for that.

Our bullpen has been so good lately. It's on a roll right now.

Our bullpen glued it together really well. I thought we played a great game with our defense, pitching and offense. It's good to win the home opener.

Some of these people have paid good money for tickets, and they're not seeing some players they paid to see.

I thought he would pitch better than he has. I had heard some good stories about him.

That was a real smart move. As long as they surround 'em with good people, scouts, anybody can be successful.

When Salty walks up there, you feel like he's going to turn the game around. That's why he's classified as one of the good young hitters in the entire minor league system.

We hit the ball, caught the ball, we did everything right. The bullpen was outstanding. We just didn't get a good starting performance tonight.

We're going to wait definitely a couple of days. He's too good not to wait at least a day or two.

We scored five runs and played a real good game today. Defensively I thought we played great. We scored enough runs to win, that's what hurts.

We feel really good about all the veterans we have coming back, and the young guys that were impressive last year. We've got about six, seven potential starters right now. We'll let that be fought out in the spring.

You don't know how good he is until you sit in the dugout. He looks deadly.

You got to have some patience with them. No sense in bringing them up here, playing four or five games, sending them right back out. If they're good enough to put on this uniform, to me, they're good enough to play.

We should have been able to hold that. Ray has been just about perfect. It was set up for him. He had one of those days. He didn't have a good day.

We did a lot of good things tonight.

Brian can still run as long as his knee doesn't puff up. He can still go like crazy. I thought he had a good night.

It was struggle on both sides today. We swung the bats great. It was good to get on the top side of that one.

It's awfully fun to win the way we've been winning. It's disappointing when we get knocked out. That last day comes too suddenly. We'll be after it again next year. We think we'll put a real good team on the field. We hope to go a lot further.

It's a good way to end the series. The game's always in jeopardy here, no matter what the lead.

It's always good to win the home opener.

It's good to see Joey do so well. That's the best I've ever seen his breaking ball break.

It's pretty good for me. It gives me a better opportunity to see the new kids we have on the roster, and it gives them a better chance to perform.

Davies is a good athlete. He can bunt, he can run and he can hit.

That kid, I don't know how he went in the 20th round. Somebody did a good scouting job ? or a bad scouting job. He's as good as they come. He knows what he's doing.

The Australian looked all right. He's got a nice little breaking ball and a changeup. That's a good sign. It's not like he cost us a fortune.

They know what to expect. I like our young guys and we have a nice mix of young kids and veterans. Our pitching staff is as good as it gets, so I feel good about this team.

Their first guy, he looked pretty darn good; he's a good pitcher.

I'm sure he felt good about it. It's surely a confidence builder.

His defense is the same as it was when he was 19 years old. He made another good play tonight. He made so many great plays against San Diego (over the weekend), he had the Padres shaking their heads.

His control was real good after the first inning. He mixed it up, in and out. He pitched a strong ballgame.

He's throwing really well. He's taken over the closer's role right now, and he's good. He's got a good fastball, good breaking ball. He's throwing strikes. He's made our bullpen stronger.

He's the real deal. He's 20 years old, and he's got a great idea of hitting both ways. He's catching fine. He looks good back there.

He's a horse. He is a game-breaker. He may go 0-for-3, but you feel real good with him up there in the ninth. He's a very good outfielder, very accurate thrower. Runs a tad above average. He loves to play and is highly competitive.

He's off to another good start. It's better and better every year.

He's off to another good start. His defense is the same as it was when he was 19 years old: excellent. He made another good play tonight.

He's off to a good start. His defense is just as good as it was when he was 19 years old and that's excellent.

He's got a nice swing, a real compact swing. He's got some power and can hit the ball to the gaps. And I've heard he plays pretty good in left field.

He's got a good grasp already of what they have, what they got and what they're makeup is.

I do feel good about our chances. We have good pitchers and we have good hitting too. The ball's got to bounce your way and maybe the next night it will.