Quotes about sweeney (16 Quotes)


    I wasn't going to give into Sweeney, ever. That's the one guy in the lineup I'm not going to get beat by. Some of the other walks, I made some bad pitches and fell behind. I think the key was I never gave in. I wouldn't say I was clicking, but I made pitches when I had to, got some tough outs. That was one of the things I needed to be able to do. When you're able to make pitches, you feel pretty good about it. That was the story tonight.




    I respect John Sweeney he has spent his whole life working for working families. But we are in a critical moment in our history for working families. Things are getting worse for them, and time is running out to turn things around. The urgency to rebirth the labor movement is much stronger than my loyalty to individual friendships.


    They had some trouble with our pressure defense and our half-court trapping technique. They are a great shooting team. We knew they could come back. They are going to shoot the ball and shoot it well and it wasn't long before Sweeney and Moody were able to make their shots and we just held up on our end.



    Just like in baseball, when your No. 1 guy is struggling, you put a relief pitcher in and that's what we did. Alan was struggling a little so we decided to give Sweeney a chance. We're very blessed to have two very good quarterbacks. It's a shame that one has to sit while the other plays.

    Incoming players like Christina Lovejoy, Sarah Isley, Rachel Sweeney, Bethany Kiedis, and Autumn Gentry all should challenge for time in the back. It is going to be very physically demanding on this position because of the attacking role we want them to play, so having the depth at the two outside spots will be key to our success.

    Not at all. You look back seven years when the transition really started to happen, you rarely have a Mike Sweeney that's been with a team for so long because the dynamics have changed.


    If only AFL-CIO President Sweeney and President Clinton hadn't persuaded the labor movement to throw its support behind Gore last October, when his campaign was floundering.

    Meloy's balladry brings to mind vaudeville, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, 'Sweeney Todd,' the Victorian and Edwardian eras, Kurt Weill and Nick Cave, 1960s psychedelic rock pop and roaring pub sing-alongs.


    That was huge especially with (Mike) Sweeney on deck. He's hit me pretty well. That's why I kind of gave a little fist pump after I picked him off. If you make a mistake to Sweeney, he's going to hit the ball out of the park and would be a tie game. That is one of the big points of the game.



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