E. Hicks Takes Quotations

The thing that's really helped me is going up against (rookie first-round pick) Mike Patterson every day in practice, ... He's got the ability to take advantage of every one of my mistakes and that's great. That means we're both getting better.

The girls need to listen, and they need to put the ball in play. When they shorten their bats to put the ball in play, they do well. At times, it takes them a long time to realize that's what they need to do.

The toughest thing for us to do is get back to the Super Bowl. But if we get there, this time I think we're going to have the edge it takes to win.

We watch it all the time. If you don't study your mistakes, you are bound to repeat them. If we lose, we are going to go down with our best effort.

These guys have to be out there, in some of the worst and wildest places. That's where their hardcore audience is. Most of the guys who are hot resonate in the streets. And it's also where they will run into a lot of trouble. So in rap, just doing what it takes to be well-known puts you at risk.

These guys have to be out there, in some of the worst and wildest places. In rap, just doing what it takes to be well-known puts you at risk.

When he first came to the team, he caught on to our offense real quick. It usually takes a couple of months, but it only took him a couple of weeks. I knew he was going to be a good player right there.

Defensively, we're not terrible. But we make mistakes, and other teams capitalize on them. They capitalize on every mistake we make and score runs.