Greg Walker Quotes (21 Quotes)

They came over for one glass of wine and stayed until midnight. They drank all my wine, smoked all my cigars and ate all my food. We were all supposed to go out to eat, but I'm still waiting to go. They brought their kids over and made my wife watch them.

Many elected officials serve for so long they become spokesmen for government, rather than those who elect them.

My opinion is the state should be investing more money in small business. It's better to have 10 companies with 10 jobs each than one company with 100 employees.

The first year here, he might have had as impressive of a spring training as a 19-year-old kid can have. It was unbelievable. He's back to what we saw two years ago and he's got a chance to be a really good big-league player.

When he was on opposing teams, we actually used his swing to teach off of. Some of the things he does, we talked about for two years ... so we know his swing pretty good.

We have actually used his swing over the last couple years to teach our guys. We like the way that he uses his lower half. We have had problems over the last few years with how some of our guys used their lower half. They were basically beat before they started.

It was brand new the year my opponent first took office in the Indiana Statehouse. I think it is time to trade it in.

Somebody has to be mainstream, to give something for those fans to rebel against.

We tease Joe all the time. We tell him, 'You've got the league set up now.' But teams can't get him out going by the book anymore. If Joe swung the bat like this all year, I'm sure some pitchers would be a little more careful with him than they've been in the postseason.

I have an idea of why his swing is so good. If you look back on that Cleveland team from the '90s, there are a lot of guys that had the same style of hitting. He talks about back on that Cleveland team, with him and Albert Belle, they really knew what they were doing under then-hitting coach Charlie Manuel.

He seemed to really get locked in. Once he got on a roll, it was obvious. We were like, 'That's him.' We just pat him on the back now.

We're not perfect, but this is such a gutsy bunch of guys. If you ever doubt or second-guess them ... watch out.

He had a timing issue early in camp. When the timing is off, you start to make adjustments and things start going the other way.

I'm his biggest fan. I'm not a defensive guy, but I would pay to watch him play defense.

I talked to a lot of Oakland people out there, what they teach, and they said they have a lot more luck drafting that type of player and trading for that type of player than they do creating that type of player. I think it's just the way your brain works. It's very hard to teach.

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We have played so many close games this year. We lost some on crazy things and won some on crazy things. I think the key to it is we've been in so many, that nothing surprises us anymore.

Right field is important, but what we're looking for is common sense. Swing at the ball in the strike zone. His tendency is to be overly aggressive. We think we can throttle him back.

This spring, we're seeing him get back to where he was at. He's still made some changes, and he's still not exactly mechanically where he was two years ago. It's a little different, but it works. What I'm seeing, though, is that instead of worrying about mechanics, he's worrying about hitting. He still has a long way to go, like every young player.

This kid is really bright. He's very observant, doesn't miss anything. The second time around the league, he already knew most of the pitchers.

He's a professional. I love his thought process. He's already told me a couple of times before going up there what he was looking for. He's gotten it and hit it. He knows what he's doing in every sense.