Dave Roberts Quotes (68 Quotes)

It's one of those things where you try not to get too down on yourself as an organization because we could have put them away. Who knows, if we had done that, he might not have come back. But we're in a situation right now where we kind of made our bed and now we've got to do something about it.

Last year I think the situation we were in was a lot tougher task than the situation we're in right now, because we were down to three outs, and had to win four straight games,

I was busting my tail down the line because I knew it was going to be a bang-bang play at first,

But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, we need to win one game.

The funny thing is that new guys who come into the organization who question whether she's adequate enough as far as strength, she rectifies that in a hurry. There's many guys that aren't repeat customers because of that.

Obviously, I realize how important it is. I want to be out there. But it's still there. Hopefully, it will be better tomorrow. I'd love to have us win and buy me a couple of extra days.

We're used to this. The people that it really affects the most are the poorer folks that maybe are renting and might not have the means and transportation to get their possessions moved to higher ground in time. They lose everything.

When I'm seeing a pilot, I'm taking care of the pilot -- but I'm doing it for the FAA, ... I'm an agent of the FAA, and that's who I report to, so it's far more important that I meet their needs than the patient's needs.

Obviously (the home run) was the last thing on my mind. I went from goat to hero.

On the field, I don't think anyone's looking for people to be best friends off the field. When it comes to winning baseball games, you have to have 25 people willing to sacrifice and do whatever it takes.

He was a little more aggressive than I thought he would be. I hope he comes out of it unscathed.

I wanted to find something that was different and a lot of times overlooked, and that's high school kids. The funding often is not there,

I guarantee we're going to be better than last year. Last year was a fluke. Everybody in the lineup had a bad year. What are the odds that's going to happen two years in a row It won't happen.

trying to get guys to understand that you have to work the count, you have to swing at strikes, do all those kinds of things good teams do on the offensive end. But they just haven't been able to do it.

He's a hell of a back. We just tried to get him to fight through this because it always comes around. I think he felt he didn't have a chance and wasn't going to play no matter what he did.

There are so many other ways that they could go with their lives. If I can be a role model in any way, I welcome that.

It would have been devastating, really. For us to find a way to come up with a team victory ... it's the biggest win of our year, no doubt about it.

We're looking for more consistency out of our team. I think that a lot of guys are still coming in with a little chip on their shoulder because you hear that it was a fluke, it was a terrible division. We're out to prove that we can do it again.