Reggie Sanders Quotations

Usually, bench players don't get as much time, ... We have to filter them in any way that we can, so they can get those at-bats. So, I hope they can continue to stay as hot as they are, and when we call upon them to go out and play again, they do as well as they did.

Very close. Hopefully get back out there soon, soon. It's just a matter now of getting on the field in a major league game. I'm close. Real close.

We're playing a tough team. As you can see, they fought to the last out.

We're just trying to go out there and focus on everything we do and hopefully that equates to a win. I'm happy with the way everybody's grinding.

When he hit that ball, I didn't react. I didn't react, because I didn't know what to do. I couldn't believe he just did that. So I froze. I just froze.

When I come back, I want to be able to help this ballclub, ... Not just be a body on the field. So I've still got to run the bases (in practice), and I've still got to do a couple more things.

We're just glad we have it over. We have a big series coming up next. We're just going to take a little time off and get ourselves ready.

Oh yeah, I felt the eyes, ... But that's not a bad thing. It's a good thing to be wanted.

My first at-bat, my emotions were all over the place, ... So you really sit back and think about what was going on. . . . You learn over the course that it's all about how you can house those emotions.

New excitement, new situations, new challenges. It's easy for me to do that.

One thing I've learned over the course is that, you know, go out there, do what you can do and hopefully you can open some eyes and somebody would want you to stay for a while,

I'm a little sore but it's crunch time so I'll definitely be out there.

I felt good today, then I hit in the cages and got extremely dizzy. So I'm not ready.

I feel pretty good, ... I expected it to be worse.

For me, what stands out is perseverance, ... This game is very tough politically. Sometimes you realize you have talent, and you have to go out and prove it and continue to work.

If the Cardinals have me back, would I love to come back? Most definitely. But that's a long way away.

I always said I see myself as what the team wants me to be. I've hit everywhere. I've done it all.

He worked a lot more away than normal. Then, he spotted inside later. And his fastball had better velocity.

He's a faithful guy, ... He's worked really hard this year to show this team that he's worthy, and now to get the opportunity to do this for the first time ... I'm just so very excited for him.

He's playing like an everyday player. He's stepping up big. We all know he could have played every day with another ballclub.

Hal and I really just sat back and started thinking about things, and the way that I need to go about seeing pitches and getting in the right frame of mind, ... I've just been working hard every day to get where I needed to be.

I think it is the cutting (with his weakened ankle),

I think you truly don't know how it is until you actually get in the game, ... Then you can alter from that. Going in, getting work every day, taking flyballs, running, hitting, whatever, that's not a game situation. ... When it's game time, you've got to go out there and do what you need to do.

Just being in the lineup, it's no big issue to me, ... It's a matter of getting out there and playing. It's been a while, it definitely feels like a long time, and I'm kind of getting the jitters all over again.

I said I'm good, let's go. Everything's good.

My objective is to see pitches, to see the ball coming out of his hand.

Lima has always been Lima. He tries to get you caught up in his world, ... He did tonight.

It felt like I had never played baseball before and I was glad to get that one out of the way, ... was real nice.

It feels like a long time, ... It's going to be the jitters all over again. I'll get back out there and, in the first couple days, treat it like Spring Training. Get out there and get my feet wet again and just take it one day at a time.

I think I've been in some good situations where I've been on teams that needed a couple key players but already had their nucleus intact,

It is definitely not going to be an easy thing to change that mindset. We're moving forward and not looking back at what happened. We are a unit. We are a group. We need everybody to come together as a unit. It is not going to take one person, but all of us. It is important everybody understands that. We have something that you can buy into, that you can believe in, and when you do that then that's half the battle.

It is exciting. It would have been more exciting if we had won the game. When you get to a milestone like that, it's pretty special.

Who knows what's going to unfold when we get home? Nobody knows. All we know is this: Now we have a chance.

Well, it never gets old. It was fun. I'm not quite there yet with what's going on. When they say 'MVP,' it's numbing. It's not like it's over yet.

Well, it never gets old, ... It was fun. I'm not quite there yet with what's going on. When they say 'MVP,' it's numbing. It's not like it's over yet.

What we're trying to do, ... is be as fine-tuned and honed-in on the small things as we can possibly be.

Winning is an attitude. Winning is being able to go out to have a relentless attitude. Yeah, you can teach that. It is going to take a lot to understand. It is a group effort, not an individual effort. We have to try to embed that in their heads.

When you get the juices going, when you're in the moment, ... it's very hard to calm down.

When you hit a home run in that situation, it is gratifying, ... Then when you hit home plate, then you've forgotten about it and you've got to move forward. So it's a lot of fun, but we've still got a long way to go.

Tony's one of the craftiest there is at trying to get the run in any way he can. Tony looks at the way a game is going and tries to create situations.

With experience, you learn how to house those emotions and focus on what you need to focus on, ... A lot of times you get too involved with outside forces instead of what you need to be worrying about.

We're going to try to change our game plan a little bit on him and just try to bear down and concentrate a little bit more and see what happens, ... That's all we can do. He has given us trouble, but hopefully this go-round we can do what we need to do.

You don't judge a team by its record, but its heart and tenacity, two things you either have or you don't have,

Dusty stands up for us no matter what. For him to be there in the thick of it ... no, it doesn't surprise me at all.

Each day is better, ... I'm not 100 percent. I'm not going to be 100 percent because it's going to take another three to four months for it to heal completely. For me, it's being 100 percent functional and doing what I need to do to help the ballclub win.

Everything is all about timing, ... I had the luxury of when I came back for three weeks not to be under any pressure, just get out there and do my thing. I think things are paying off.

Everything is about timing, ... I had the luxury of when I came back for three weeks (in September) not to be under any pressure. I'm just glad things are paying off. There have been (other) times when I've been hot, but it was kind of shoved under the table. So now things are finally going in the right direction for me.

I've been hitting and stuff like that, ... That's the real good thing about all this. I'm still hitting, still getting to do the weightlifting, those things. I've been doing the conditioning. I have been doing that. I actually started heavily in Pittsburgh.

I've never been on a team that subtracted players like this one has.

It was there, I got on top of it, and drove it.

Somewhere around there, ... I made a mistake when I gave that date. I said ,'Uh-oh.' So, I'd better backtrack a little bit.

The most important thing is to key in on your emotions. Look at my first at-bat. My emotions were all over the place.

Now I can appreciate Joe Carter and Kirby Puckett and all those guys. Because this was the exact same thing.

As long as I can play three weeks or so (before the postseason), that would be OK. That would allow me to get the at-bats I want to, hopefully, get back where I was.

That was a ball that just kept carrying, and for me, I didn't want the wall to play me; I wanted to play the wall, ... So I just wanted to jump up and use the wall as a crutch, and that's all I really could do on that particular play.

That game showed a lot of heart. We could've just laid down and accepted it.

You've seen a variety of teams having success and that creates a belief across baseball that if you stick together, great things can happen.

This is a team that really gets up for this series, and it's a great series to play in and watch. You definitely can't take the Cubs lightly at all.

This is such a big magnifying glass. Everything is heightened when you come through in key situations. There's been times when I was hot, but it's kind of been shoved under the table. Now, things are finally going in right direction for me.

This is under such a big magnifying glass, and everything is heightened, ... There are other times that I've been hot but it's shoved under the table.

It's exciting. We all know that postseason play is a lot of fun. It can make or break you, too.

It was one of those things where he leaned on me and I leaned on him, ... We all do that for each other here. This team is all about family and unity and having each other's backs.

it was a lot worse than I thought it was.

It's bad right now. I don't know what it is. But it's like a virus.

It's about the now, ... This is what we're working for, to be in this moment, to go forward from here.

It is what it is, ... We have to battle through. Nobody's 100 percent, but I think as long as you're functional you can go out and help the team.

It's not emotional anymore, ... It's not a head game anymore, because I've been able to come back for two or three weeks. Now, I'm in the groove where I need to be.

It's not easy, ... You try to get a pitch to handle. I was able to get on top of it.

It's more the deceleration that's what's been giving me problems. Building up speed is OK, but when you have to stop it's really not as good as they or I would like it to be.

It's more the deceleration that's what's been giving me problems, ... Building up speed is OK, but when you have to stop it's really not as good as they or I would like it to be.

It's a long season. It's not about how you start but how you finish.

It's another step, ... We got it done exactly like we wanted to.

It's good to have that good news and go from there. I've still got a lot of healing to go, so for me it's trying not to overdo it.

It's huge, because getting one RBI in a week (is tough). You get six in one game and with the postseason pressure that that involves, it's a great day.

It's huge, because getting one RBI in a week (is tough), ... You get six in one game and with the postseason pressure that that involves, it's a great day.

It's him knowing himself and what he's capable of doing. And he has a knowledge of every hitter. He knows what he wants to do and he hits his spots consistently. That's why Roger is Roger.

It's unfortunate. It's unfortunate for us to be in this situation.

It's sort of like crawling before you walk, ... It's a combination of calf and ankle. I do some manual strengthening with the trainers, some stabilization exercises and some ball work, too.

The ball just kept carrying, ... I didn't want the wall to play me; I wanted to play the wall.

It just seems like we battle back in the bottom of the ninth, the top of the ninth. We're trying to come back and lose that edge.

It's hard to compare because this is under such a big magnifying glass, and so everything is heightened when you come through in key situations, ... There are times when I've been hot, but it was kind of shoved under the table. So now, things are finally going in the right direction for me.

It's huge. Let alone getting one RBI in a week, you get six in one day and especially under postseason pressure. It's a great day.

I've gotten a lot better, and things have really been picking up the last couple of days. I know I'm not going to be 100-percent healthy, but I just want to be 100-percent functional.

Once I got off the pain medication I wasn't at the level I thought I was, ... I think the pain medication was talking more than the body was. But the time I got off the pain medication and I got here, it wasn't good.

It's really about going out there and having a team that can get to postseason and then from there, continuing to move forward, ... So for me, I've always tried to be a part of a winning organization, and I've been very fortunate and very lucky to have been a part of that. For me, that's all that I can ask for. I'm very grateful for that.

I'm feeling pretty good, ... I'm very close, very close.

I'm ready. I don't think I'm going to be tentative at all. When you're injured, you try to get those things out of your mind and focus on what you need to focus on.

I'm from South Carolina and there's not much stuff to do and bowling is like at the top of the totem pole there.

I'm one of those guys who believe things get better with age. This is all about preparation for opening day and I'm feeling good about where things are at this point.

I know a lot of people want to think I was remembering that, but I wasn't,

I hold the record, but I wasn't aware of that and then it was brought to my attention. Once I understood that, it was pretty cool. I'm going to add to it. You've got this right.

Hey, six RBIs is huge, especially under the postseason pressure,

Hey, it's not that easy, I tell you, it's not that easy at all, ... As a hitter, all we try to do is just get a pitch that we can handle and lay off the other stuff.

He's probably on a fourth-grade level and he's doing OK.

I definitely feel like there's a more level playing field over the last few years and a lot more clubs have high hopes now.

Carpenter did an amazing job, ... We all knew he had had a couple of bad outings. But there was no doubt in my mind he would be the Carpenter we knew and we had seen all year.