Charlie Manuel Quotations

We're getting good balls to hit. And we're not missing them.

I won't quit on a player who doesn't quit on himself.

I think we're out on a limb right now, hanging over a cliff, and we're trying to find a way to get back.

There's no pressure in baseball. Pressure is when the doctor is getting ready to cut you, take your heart out, and put it on a table.

Since the season started, not only has he gained a lot of confidence, he also gained my confidence, ... He's come a long way. He's done a tremendous job for us. I have a lot of confidence in him. At the first of the year, I hadn't seen him a lot, and I didn't know a whole lot about him. But he's definitely gained my confidence in him. He's pitched very good. He's had a hell of a year for us. He's gone a long ways.

I wish we could fill our ballpark every night. The players would like that, too. But that's just how it is. We've got to keep going. They'll come if we win.

If we win tonight, that's big, ... Tonight's big and tomorrow's big. That will keep fan interest up. They want to see if we can win or are we going to disappoint them. It's up to us to show them. You've got to win to get the fans.

He moved up there today. Then again, he's always been on my list.

He's hot. We want to keep him that way.

I think by him gaining confidence in himself, that gained my confidence in him,

Look, Jimmy Rollins is what makes our offense go. Jimmy is what I like to call our catalyst.

I think people would always look back and see those six games,

I think people would always look at those six games (against the Astros), ... I think those would always be there in people?s minds.

I think his velocity was down. I think we kind of figured him out.

I stopped watching that one on the scoreboard. I figured it was over.

That was long. They got ahead early and took it to us. We stunk up the joint.

You know what? We just stunk up the joint. We definitely can put this one behind us.

We won the series. Hopefully that will be good enough. We just have to keep winning.

When (right-hander) Lidge is on the mound, throwing 90 miles-per-hour sliders, he eats righties up, ... We needed a base hit there. We didn't need a home run. Chavez puts the ball in play. The more I thought about it, more I realized I couldn't have done much different to get Howard up on the righty (in the seventh).

We just stunk up the joint. We definitely can put this one behind us.

There?s still time. If (the Astros) win 12 straight games (to close the season), then they damn sure deserve it.

Ryan Howard is legit. And he's more than just a power hitter, too. He's capable of hitting for a high average, he's capable of hitting the ball to all fields ... he's done everything we wanted him to do, everything we asked him to do.

As long as we're in it, we're in it. We just have to stay after it for the next 12 days.

A big hit there. Then we could have made things interesting.

The more you face certain pitchers, the more comfortable you're going to feel, and you're getting to get a better idea of what they're trying to do. Sometimes it's that much easier.

Any time you see a rookie who comes into the league, whether it's a hitter or a pitcher, and he does something, it's very rare, ... Any time you are successful like that, it's very special.

That's a tough base on balls. He had confidence is getting his curve over. He missed with it, and that's a big walk.