Donnie Williams Quotes (8 Quotes)

We're really going to be young this year. We lost eight seniors, and five of those are playing in college this year. We may take some lumps early, but we're optimistic and we've got a lot of potential.

It was a typical first game. We had some trouble getting the ball over the plate, and we made some mistakes in the field. John really sparked us with a big night. He was responsible for the win.

This was a good win. Anytime we play Anderson County it's a rivalry, and we've got to be focused and ready to go. I felt like we had that Tuesday. Now we've got a chance to take the district, but we've got to take care of business.

Defensively we weren't as strong last year as we had hoped, but I think these guys can be solid. It's something we've worked on a lot so far. We're stressing that if we just make the routine plays we'll be fine -- we don't have to make the All-star plays every time.

That was his best outing. And the most impressive thing is, he continues to improve every time out. But I told him he can't be satisfied with it. Hopefully he can use this game and continue to improve.

We're looking for Crowe, Wagner, Shelburne and Tingle to all have good a year. But it's going to take a while for some of these younger guys -- like Matthews, Siegel, Layton and all -- to get used to varsity pitching.

This man gave up his life for all of us just as if he were in a war on foreign land. He was a soldier and was willing to give up his life in a war for us. He was also a soldier in another way - a civil rights soldier - and he did die for us all.

We're looking for Shawn and Josh both to have big years for us. I think they both have the potential to become leaders for us, along with juniors Lincoln Wagner and Greg Tingle.