Donna Martin Quotations

We both absolutely love animals... and we always wanted to do something that involved animals. So one day last year, we started talking about it. It then went from talking about it to actually looking for a space and, once we found a space, it took about one month to get the doors open.

We're ready. The players are so tired of practicing against each other. They're prepared to play someone else.

We really felt she just needed some time and reps. Now she's relaxing, hitting her target and has confidence in controlling her pitches.

We didn't take care of some opportunities to advance runners, and that's the biggest difference between us and them.

We have a really close-knit group this year who play hard for the program and each other. It's hard to put my finger on our strengths right now, but we need to get a handle on what we have confidence in and what we need to work on.

She's their go-to player. Our game plan was to not let her hurt us, and we did a really good job of that.

She usually will throw a strike in the first couple of pitches; our youth played a factor in this one.

Some of it was depth. We had some injuries to key people. I think we have a little more balance this year and more team speed. Last year, we were more one dimensional.

On our field, it's blowing left to right. As a pitcher you just have to pitch your game.

I can't do anything about the last couple of years now. They are a different team now and so are we. We're excited to play some great competition and why not start it against the West Division favorites? I just hope the weather complies.

Our goal is to win the weekend. If we can do that, we put ourselves in position to make some noise.

Our returning players have taken a trip like this every year and we expect them to help lead the younger players through the road fatigue.

Our balance and versatility. We have team speed and power to work with. We have young players to bring energy and veterans with game experience.

I was up all night looking at those numbers. Our pitching did a great job.

We played well and got progressively better all three days. Those first two games we just didn't get the hits when we had people on base.

We had ample opportunities to score. We need to have better at-bats with runners on base.

We didn't get big hits when we needed and they did.

When she's up we need to take care of the people around her. We just need to limit her affect.

You either move on or you don't. If you don't, you're not getting better. We moved on today.

The more options we have the better we are. It makes it harder for our opponents to prepare for us. If someone has a bad day we have options.

As a team we want to set a bar one day and improve upon it the next.

Your year in school doesn't determine the contribution you'll make. The underclassmen are talented and they're very experienced from playing travel ball in the summer. They bring a lot of skill and energy to our team.

America is about having hope and owning land. And knowing that it's yours today and tomorrow.

It was basically two different games and two different pitchers. We had some trouble figuring out (Brittney) Robinson, but I was very proud of the way we bounced back.

It just isn't right to take private property and pass it in the hands of other individuals.

It's great to be home, but we really haven't been here. We have to establish more of a home feeling.

In our lineup there was an opening. But she still had to earn it. Our needs ended up being her strengths. She was a Chicago kid, and being close to home was a plus for her.

An attendance committee looked at the enrollment and Pinkham still has room while Washington is quite full.