Grady Little Quotations

We're still at a point in time where we're just mainly concerned with him busting loose all the adhesions that could be left in there from his injury, and I think that's about done. He pitched some outstanding change-ups and threw some good quality fastballs there.

We have some concern for Navarro. They're saying 10-to-14 days.

Now that I know the result, I'd do something different. I'm just like those people the day after the game. I'd do something different.

If we're confident in how quickly they're able to rebound, that will have a lot of bearing on it.

I don't know. You know, in my heart, I know I was.

I have a bad habit of watching things that are working for other people and adopting it myself.

I don't think you can just sit there and say yes when you're just talking about one of 30 jobs in the world. I felt like I could. I felt like I'd be ready if the opportunity ever came along again. You can't sit there and say you expect that.

If the time comes and he's the best option, we'll adjust our thinking.

J.D. the last couple of days you could see him start getting the feeling that he's been looking for.

Outstanding. He just getting his work in and getting ready for a big season.

That crossed my mind. I was very fortunate that I ran across some people that didn't judge the job I can do managing just on the result of one decision.

We feel good about him being able to do that. He's at a point where we hoped he'd be when he takes off to go to the World Baseball Classic.

Today we got a good glimpse of the pitcher we've been hearing about. He's got a strong arm and he took it right at hitters, and the results showed.

We've been on the giving end of games like that ? a game like that the other day ? but this is the first one we've been on the receiving end so far. We knew a game like this would be coming but that still doesn't mean we have to like it.

At that point in time, I couldn't afford to stop as often as I can now.

They've been doing a good job. Normally at this time of the year, the pitchers are ahead of the hitters and that's a common occurrence this early in spring training. We'll see how it progresses as the spring goes along.

This kid has got some abilities with the bat that are hard to ignore. His bat will dictate how much he plays and where he plays as much as anything else. His bat dictates the change (in position) in the first place.

There's a lot of kids, a lot of talent and very few positions.

It takes time to get comfortable. The actions and movements are different, but I'm not worried.

Not really, because I know myself and I know what I'm capable of doing and what I did do while I spent two years there managing the Red Sox.

I kind of liked them all, starting with the one Robles hit. The others didn't take that long to get out of there. But the tone for today was set by the two starting pitchers out there. I thought they did a good job of getting done what they wanted to get done out there.

I like the way Billingsley was throwing the ball.

There's a difference in a player that has a job and a player that doesn't have a job.

Players from the Dominican Republic have a history of not playing well in cold weather.... The ball hurts their hands when they make contact.

Until the day I die, I will be pulling for Ned Colletti.

A lot of people have the answers after the results come in.

He told us he'll be back by Sunday.

You can't ask for too much tougher conditions. The sun was right in his face and the wind was blowing. And he handled all the plays he was supposed to.

The kid, day in and day out -- every ball is just a bullet. Everything he does on the baseball field impresses me.

All the TVs in the clubhouse will show that day's opposing pitcher in his last start. It will help the players playing in that day's game to draw a little bit better focus on what they have coming up.