Greg Walker Quotations

We have played so many close games this year. We lost some on crazy things and won some on crazy things. I think the key to it is we've been in so many, that nothing surprises us anymore.

Somebody has to be mainstream, to give something for those fans to rebel against.

Right field is important, but what we're looking for is common sense. Swing at the ball in the strike zone. His tendency is to be overly aggressive. We think we can throttle him back.

He never stopped working. He kept working and working and never gave up. That's the kind of guy he is.

When he was young he threw so hard you had no chance. And when he first broke in, he didn't have that split-fingered pitch. This guy is still a power pitcher.

When he was on opposing teams, we actually used his swing to teach off of. Some of the things he does, we talked about for two years ... so we know his swing pretty good.

He seemed to really get locked in. Once he got on a roll, it was obvious. We were like, 'That's him.' We just pat him on the back now.

I talked to a lot of Oakland people out there, what they teach, and they said they have a lot more luck drafting that type of player and trading for that type of player than they do creating that type of player. I think it's just the way your brain works. It's very hard to teach.

My opinion is the state should be investing more money in small business. It's better to have 10 companies with 10 jobs each than one company with 100 employees.

Many elected officials serve for so long they become spokesmen for government, rather than those who elect them.

I was here when the Bears won, I know how big they were. Every player had his own restaurant.

I'm his biggest fan. I'm not a defensive guy, but I would pay to watch him play defense.

This spring, we're seeing him get back to where he was at. He's still made some changes, and he's still not exactly mechanically where he was two years ago. It's a little different, but it works. What I'm seeing, though, is that instead of worrying about mechanics, he's worrying about hitting. He still has a long way to go, like every young player.

We're not perfect, but this is such a gutsy bunch of guys. If you ever doubt or second-guess them ... watch out.

We tease Joe all the time. We tell him, 'You've got the league set up now.' But teams can't get him out going by the book anymore. If Joe swung the bat like this all year, I'm sure some pitchers would be a little more careful with him than they've been in the postseason.

It was almost brilliant that he waited until they flipped the ball back,

The thing that sticks out to me about him, he's our kind of player. He's a grinder.

This kid is really bright. He's very observant, doesn't miss anything. The second time around the league, he already knew most of the pitchers.

About a week ago he got to feeling like himself again. He's locked in. He's ready to start the season right now.

It wasn't so much what we told him. We just reminded him of some things that he had done in the past.

It was brand new the year my opponent first took office in the Indiana Statehouse. I think it is time to trade it in.

It just says that people are ready for a change.

OK, I won't own a restaurant, but I'll go to everyone else's.

They came over for one glass of wine and stayed until midnight. They drank all my wine, smoked all my cigars and ate all my food. We were all supposed to go out to eat, but I'm still waiting to go. They brought their kids over and made my wife watch them.

Nothing will come easily. Both teams will have to scratch and claw and fight for every run. I cant imagine two teams combining for eight better starting pitchers.

In a lot of ways they were opposites. But they became very close. I don't think they ever really changed at all.

I like that they're trying to get in new jobs. We need that.

He's a professional. I love his thought process. He's already told me a couple of times before going up there what he was looking for. He's gotten it and hit it. He knows what he's doing in every sense.

Granted, it's (mostly in) spring training ... but he's had about as good a 10-day streak as I've ever seen anybody have.

The first year here, he might have had as impressive of a spring training as a 19-year-old kid can have. It was unbelievable. He's back to what we saw two years ago and he's got a chance to be a really good big-league player.

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