Famous Quotes & Sayings

I came here having played the game. I knew little about knowing what it takes to put a team together. I've learned from Sandy, through Billy and Paul. Sandy was a presence in the clubhouse and had the ability to build a rapport with the team. I think that helps guys feel comfortable. It all starts with Billy. Players respect the path he's been on. We want to run this thing like a business and take care of the employees.

If you have them, great. If not, there are people in every clubhouse in baseball that every player in the room identifies with. I don't think that he necessarily needs a 'C' on his shoulder or anything like that.

Jim Edmonds

It was just ridiculous what happened to us. Somebody put our magic number up on the clubhouse bulletin board, and I don't think we won another game.

The thing I remember most is Game 6 of the 1991 World Series (against the Atlanta Braves). Kirby came into the clubhouse before the game and said, 'Jump on this bus; I'll drive you.' He went out and hit a home run to win the game.

He throws 10 pitches (during the game), and then he's in the conditioning room for an hour and he's just rolling in to the clubhouse when the game is over. He's put in that much work to maintain his body. He doesn't take his body for granted. That's why he's so good. That's why he's had longevity.

He's well thought of in this organization and in the clubhouse. The clubhouse loves him. They were happy to see him hit that home run.

All the seniors want to worry about in their golden years is what color bathing suit they're going to wear to the clubhouse that night.

Frank Catalanotto

All the guys in the clubhouse love him. A lot of superstars aren't the way he is.

You want this whole environment to be fun for them. You want the game of baseball to be fun. You can have fun and also be involved in a businesslike manner and continue to utilize the techniques that we have been talking about over the course of these four days. You can get something done and have people going into the clubhouse with a good feeling about themselves.

Grady Little

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.

All of a sudden something hit me in the head and I looked up and saw the hawk flying off. I turned around to go back to the clubhouse and it hit me again.

The cardinal rule in baseball is you don't gamble. It's been posted in every clubhouse since 1927.

Carlos Guillen

The clubhouse was different. Everything was different, ... We need to find the feeling when you come here to the clubhouse.

The clubhouse lost some of its siding. On the soccer field, we had damage to the scoreboard and both of the benches were broken.

The clubhouse is not a place where people come to stop. It's not adult day care. It's a place where people come to move on with their lives.

The clubhouse is lifetime membership. Some folks have been with us since the beginning. . . . We don't have people graduate from the program often, but it does occur.

Chris Barnes

Amos built a wigwam in the clubhouse because he didn't want the reporters talking to him. He didn't like something that was written in the paper. I looked in there and saw an Indian blanket. He was sitting on it like a chief.