Brian Schneider Quotations

We've actually talked about that a little bit. That's part of the reason I wanted to start catching him. Any time you catch somebody and you're more familiar with him, it helps, especially with as big as these games are going to be.

That'll just give us headaches if we worry about that.

If you give him the ball, it doesn't matter what you ask him to do -- he's going to go out there and do it. The San Diego game stuck out where it was, 'Here you go. Take the ball and pitch as many innings as you can. Whatever happens, happens. We are short on pitchers right now.' Rauch has a big heart. He is here to win.

If you play a lot at the end of the year and you had a couple of days off here and there in the first half, I'm sure it helps you out a little bit, ... But as long as you continue to play every day, you still are going to get tired. This is first time I've had success in the second half. I'm doing more than I figured.

To be a part of history, ... I'll never forget it.

This was a great opportunity for me professionally and personally. I already know several people on this coaching staff and how much they have accomplished here at Iowa State. This is also a great place to raise a family.

Nothing is a guaranteed, but I'm hoping we improve with men in scoring position. Last year, we had a lot of opportunities and we didn't score. How we do that? Hopefully, it just comes with experience. We have to be more disciplined at the plate.

Hopefully we will come out and do well and open some eyes. It's a change for us compared to the last couple of years.

We need to turn it around. It's two tough opponents coming up, so we'll see what we're made of.

It's the first year. Four years from now a lot of things will be different.