Augie Garrido Quotations

We don't have any expectations. Other people see us as No. 1 or whatever, and that's their opinion. The question is: Will the players fall victim to trying to live up to it? We have the same right to fail as any other team, regardless of the past. We're going to play to have fun and play with energy. The fun comes out when you develop expectations.

We responded really well to the three runs. As the game went on we played with less energy and effectiveness.

We're just now scratching the surface of finding our team identity. And when we do ...

We're looking forward to honoring the players from the past who made this program what it is today, ... Our fans should expect the total package they find at Round Rock (site of Dell Diamond) and other nice stadiums.

We did feel that there was a good chance he would have to be replaced. It was completely unexpected that he would be able to finish the game. It's one of those wonderful surprises that, every once in while, comes along.

We ran into two pitchers that year who shut us down.

There is no doubt that we have the best fans in all of college baseball. They provide our team with tremendous support each and every year both at home and on the road. Fan Fest is a wonderful way for our team to kick off each season and thank our fans personally for all that they do.

We've run into a team that is extremely well prepared and very capable. This isn't so much a fact that we're not any good, it's more about the fact that, hey, they're pretty brilliant right now. This is good stuff that they're doing.

Let's not make it anything that it wasn't. I was just hoping he would do what he did. That's all.

Obviously, the expectation levels are always high, and they are again. So, we'll just get ready to take the journey.

Rice's pitching staff fell apart the year after they won the national championship. You just don't know until the season starts.

If we play our best, and the other team plays its best, and they win, then congratulations to them.

He's catching extremely well now, he's throwing really well, has been for quite a while. And the offense which always comes along a little slower, now he's a lot more confident and making big contributions to the offense. He's as good an offensive player as anyone in our lineup.

He says he's enjoying watching it on TV. That doesn't mean they won't.

He'll know not to pay attention to those things.

We look at fall practice as an introduction to the personalities on our team and a way to get to know the people involved. We are also not trying to defend the National Championship, but instead going out and playing the game, which is a lot easier said than done. We are talking to the players about the importance of enjoying the process without feeling the external pressures of trying to live up to something.

He likes it. It's a role where you can get wealthy. Randy recognized the need and asked to do it.

It appeared by the way we were playing that we were the best team and would win this tournament, which makes it even harder for the players to understand or accept. We did our best. They did better.

I thought their defense was great. Wasn't that cool?

J. Brent Cox was brilliant with his opportunity,

Kyle has all the right tools, mentally and physically. He's just thrilled by being a baseball player. He's a leader, and he's very adaptable. He's his own guy, and he's a remarkable guy.

(Krebs) got better as he went on. His last three innings were his best three.

Our added power combined with our speed is interesting, but I'm never going to settle for just power. Good pitching can always take that away.

We have a lot of new players that have a chance to make important contributions. We're just getting ready to take the journey.

We have to move forward. We have to put an infield together and find a short reliever.

The premise is you want to try and get the games in over three days. Both teams opted that not traveling (Friday) was for the best based on the weather projections.

Timing and rhythm are things we have to work on. These kids aren't machines. They have feelings; they have emotions. This isn't a game played by robots.

Timely hitting was the only thing that separated these two teams. I guess beside that, I'm a happy little Easter bunny.

When we won our first national title at Cal-State Fullerton in 1979, it wasn't even filmed. You can't find a foot of film of that game.

Well, that works for anybody who can do it. There's not a Longhorn stamped on it. That's called winning baseball, and it was our best game of the year.

We thought throughout the season we had a championship-caliber team, but I know you can't be national champion without the right things happening, and they did in this case,

With so many juniors leaving school and 21-year-olds eligible to leave at any time, baseball is in a unique position. The schools are staggering through this first year in trying to figure out what the APR really means.

We need to stabilize the infield. We're trying to establish a system that will give us consistency.

We all knew coming in that this was a team of experience. But it's one thing to have experience and it's another thing to use it, to make it enrich your performance. That's what these players did.

What happened tonight was we responded real well to the three runs they scored in the second.

We think he's going to be OK. It would make sense to go in the same order. But maybe we won't be able to.

We didn't like it very much. It has to be acceptable, because it happened. All we can do is move on from here.

At this point in the season, we're looking for ways to take the talented players we have and make sure they play as many innings as possible. Everything will reveal itself, but it's going to take time to see how it all pans out.

Sometimes when people overcome something difficult, it makes them appreciate other things on a higher level. Bradley is very conscientious, and his accountability is impeccable. He's taken what some people see as a negative and turned it into a positive.

Schools could no longer buy up the player pools.

After a while, you get used to it. It's the same stuff that's gone on all weekend. What are we going to do about it? Those kids are two of the best outfielders in the country, but they haven't played together for very long.

That's going to hurt things like this. If we do play away from home, it probably won't be here. It'll probably be Stanford or something like that, and that's no disrespect whatsoever.

They dominated on both sides, both offensively and defensively. They really showed why they're the third-ranked team in the country.

They're really a quality a team and it isn't that easy to break them. What you saw was a championship-type performance on their part. That (fifth) inning was a great inning for them. Sustaining that inning for as long as they did takes a lot of talent.

There's a much higher risk factor. You better work hard to be the best, so you can survive.

It wasn't graceful by any stretch of the imagination. It was like a heavyweight prize fight.

It's the game that we're playing, not the opponent.

It's been a fascinating and amazing journey for college baseball.

That's the farthest he's gone, and I didn't want the game to end for him on a sour note. There's a lot of baseball left.

That is an example of a high level of concentration, good performance and attention to detail.

That really separated the game. On the other side of it, their pitcher really dominated the game by hitting the bottom part of the strike zone. When we did hit the ball hard, they made some great plays.

That probably is the one thing that separated the two teams. Besides that, I think they looked very much alike.

It's starting to become a reality. What we're trying to do is avoid doing renovating that will take us off the field.

It's hard to concentrate on a small environment like this one after being in so many big environments like we have.

It was a major league performance. It was brilliant.

They were aggressive inside the strike zone and forced us to hit routine fly balls. It was aggressive, quality pitching.

After we scored those runs we moved through the game with less focus. After the fourth inning we played with less effectiveness, but I still think the players felt they were in control of the game.

At this point, with 10 losses, all of our games are important.

I'm glad they don't judge wins by the number of hits each team has. This weekend, we won three games but it didn't belong to us. Every inning was a battle.

I know we feel an added level of responsibility, and it's important for us not to let that convert into pressure. You can't perform better because Roger Clemens went here, but you certainly can be criticized for not having a Roger Clemens on your pitching staff.

I'm looking forward to updating computer systems and video areas. So much can be done in terms of player development with today's technology, such as analyzing hitting strokes.

I'm looking forward to updating computer systems and video areas, ... So much can be done in terms of player development with today's technology, such as analyzing hitting strokes.

I have no earthly idea. I have no idea why that happens and has happened the way it has.

The environment had a negative effect on our attitude.

You want to win everything along the way, because that buys you 24 hours of peace, but the national championship is the goal for this program.

You've got to play the game and play it consistently no matter who you're playing.

The game was 20 innings and it was cold. We finally won it when the players started getting delirious. They got to laughing and that's what broke the ice - literally.

The first game (Saturday) we didn't play very well and we still won the game, 5-3. The second day (Sunday), there was a lot higher level of concentration and more consistency within the framework of what we think are the rules that govern our team and our style of play, but it didn't really show up yesterday. Today, it did show up. The two teams really separated themselves. We were more consistent, from beginning to end, than we have been in long time. It's extremely encouraging...It almost looked easy. That's the way it's supposed to look when it's well done.