David Wright Quotes (87 Quotes)

We're trying to make everyone uncomfortable with this report. Whether it's students or higher-education leaders or governments, we all have to do more.

I think that right now it's good to take baby steps. Obviously, the goal at hand is to win the division.

I felt like we could've (qualified more). We had an opportunity in the consolation matches. We were bound to get four or five through. I would've like to have seen more than one go.

A country that could build a long-range missile could add countermeasures to its missile.

When it's good for the parks department, it's bad for the farmers and vice versa.

I think everybody in our lineup is seeing better pitches. Up and down our lineup, we're helping each other out and seeing better pitches because of everybody, not just because of the middle of our order.

I had released all that was worst in me. It was a shame I had to kill them.

You've got to be the man to have a major league baseball game stop for you and to have a five-minute tribute and to have five or six curtain calls. That's when you know you've done something. ... It's obviously sad. I saw a tear come from his eye.

I was looking around the infield today and was excited to see what could be.

It was very dry and very hot (this summer). Last year, it was rainy and cold, and who wants to swim in the cold weather

This one is on my shoulders today. A couple of them were tough plays, but these are the big leagues. Tough plays have to be made.

That's the biggest thing we were trying to get across is that we have all the right tools. The free-agent signings, the trades that have come over, we have all the right tools. We just have to put it together and do it on the field. It's one thing to be a good team on paper it's another thing to go out there and be a good team on the field.

We got a full head of steam with the momentum we got from that inning.

This is a very historic and rare monument for the state of Tennessee and for the United States.

These guys have all done a phenomenal job of getting hits at the right time. It's a big difference between getting a hit with two outs and nobody on and getting a hit to bring a run home, especially with two outs.

I'll be sitting in bed tonight thinking about the crowd and the energy today. That's what New York baseball is all about. This is what I want to experience in October.

They're passionate about what they believe in. Obviously we played sloppy today, but I'm glad they gave the ovations. They came out in full force for Mike and I'm glad they showed the appreciation because he's done a lot of this city on and off the field.

Look, I started off batting seventh last year, so to me it was great that Willie started trusting me, moving me up a little at a time. People tell me all the time, 'You should be ticked off where you're hitting.' But I'm not, not at all.

As long as we get these big two-out hits and keep scoring runs late like this, we're going to be in good shape.

I have a lot of respect for guys who go out there with aches and pains and play hurt. I would hope that respect is mutual.

Obviously it hurts us not having our big guys in there. Hopefully we get them back soon. But we have a lot of confidence in the guys we're throwing out there. If we hit, we're going to win. We're not going to win too many games getting three hits and one run.

Seo's carrying some confidence with him and he goes out expecting to win. Early in the season, in spring training, times I played behind him last year, it seemed like he was going out there trying not to make mistakes rather than being aggressive and going after hitters. Now he trusts his stuff.

This is what good teams do Find a way to bounce back after a loss.

He told Willie Randolph the same thing the other day when the manager brought up the possibility of taking a day off once in a while. Might be a good idea, Randolph suggested. But if it's up to me, ... I want to be in there every day. I've never liked feeling helpless in the dugout. The worst day on the field is better than the best day in an office.

He's got that goofy smile and the kids love him with the big head, ... He reminds me of Ramon Castro. He's very friendly, outgoing. Mr. Met just symbolizes mascots in general the quirky nature, the way he carries himself. It's fun to look up in the stands sometimes and see what kind of shenanigans he's up to.

I'm working toward a level of consistent production. I was pleased with last year but not satisfied. I will feel better if I can put two or three years together like it in a row.

There's going to be a lot less pressure on Carlos this time around. That's why it doesn't matter where I hit. This team is going to score runs, period.

It was just a good pitch that I tried to do too much with and popped up. I would hope that more times than not, I would hit that pitch a lot harder than I did tonight.

If I'm on the field, I expect to go out there and give 100 percent. Whatever little things are bothering you through the course of the year, you need to get past those.

We had a lot of support from the state and from individual investors and from institutions.

This one's on my shoulders. Those were tough plays to make, but these are the big leagues.

We have a certain swagger to us. We have a lot of confidence. We just have an attitude about us right now that we don't think we're going to lose.

We have 4.9 per cent stake in UTI Bank and would like to increase it,

I want to be out there and be involved. You get that helpless feeling when you're sitting on the bench. I don't want to be that guy. I'll take a guy on my team that doesn't have as much talent but wants to play through minor injuries than somebody who has superstar talent but is soft.

The countermeasures that we've seen in the past and looked at have not been credible countermeasures. They were objects that had very different signatures from the warhead. They were easily distinguishable by measurements that they knew the kill vehicle could do.

You knew he wasn't feeling as good as he could have felt. But he was out there every day. That's big to see. Cliff's a big influence.

We want to expand our investment banking activities especially in risk management and financing,

Surprisingly, Utah is the second highest in the nation in the number of eighth-graders taking algebra, but we are still low in achievement. Our state math core only goes through linear equations.

My favorite player growing up was Cal Ripken Jr.. To play that many consecutive games, he played hurt a lot. I loved that about him. That's the kind of guy I want on my team. That's the kind of guy I want to go to battle with.

We've proven we can play on the road, and this will be a big test for us. We can either take advantage of this opportunity, and be right where we want to be, or dig a bigger hole for ourselves.... But we're running out of time.

We have to take baby steps before we can take giant leaps.

I think he's definitely earned the respect of baseball players everywhere.

He just has this look in his eye that's confident. He has that inner confidence, that swagger, that trickles down. When your leader has that confidence, it makes you confident.

This year, we definitely have a team that's capable of making the playoffs. Right now, we're phenomenal on paper.

It's a confidence thing. The second half of last year, I felt more confident and I feel more comfortable this spring. That's the big thing for me. I can work on drills and footwork all day, but if I don't feel comfortable, it's not going to matter. As a young player, especially in New York, you make a couple of errors early and you start pressing a little bit. I've got to relax. I've thrown so many balls over to first base, I can probably do it blindfolded.

take it all the way down, but halfway through Mientkiewicz said he wanted to finish it off himself. ... He was afraid it would never come back if I took it all off. I'd be afraid, too, if I looked like that.

I saw it too many times.

He is about as intelligent a hitter as you can get, its amazing how quick he makes adjustments. You see him get fooled on a pitch, he steps out, you can see him clear his mind and you can see him make that adjustment. Thats what makes him better than a majority of the guys in the big leagues. Good hitters make adjustments in between games, and he makes adjustments in between pitches.

I see many parents who still view this as a rite of passage, like they know their kid is going to experiment with pot just like they'll experiment with cigarettes. I'm telling you, it's absolutely not OK to think like that anymore. I'm pretty sure most of

We have all the right tools, all the right pieces. Now, the biggest goal is to get that chemistry, that cohesiveness, that we are playing for one another.