Larry Walker Quotes (72 Quotes)

I know we'll be talking about it for a long time, ... But I think it will get talked about a lot more if we win two more games.

I think it'll get talked about a lot more if we win two more games. Obviously that's an amazing feat, but two more wins is going to make it even better.

He learned a lot on the living room floor. He comes from a wrestling background. He has great body awareness and that's the toughest thing to coach. He knows where he is at at all times and that is developed over a long period of time, from continuing to wrestle.

It's not where we want to be, but the other team is pretty good we're playing. They didn't come back from 15 games under .500 because of a fluke. They've got a great pitching staff, and they're showing that. We've got a great pitching staff, and we're showing it. It's a matter of who gets the break at the right time. Today they got the breaks.

We knew this was going to happen, ... We knew probably a week before the playoffs we'd get it done. We did it. Everything has been right on time. I just hope we get the same results as the other shots. I think I played fairly well after the shots, so hopefully that will continue.

Jersey Shore's been competitive all year. They have had some good junior high programs and they are starting to come up (to varsity level).

Not to run excuses out, but I had it off the bat, lost it in the lights, it came out of the lights, and it was too late. Simple as that.

Give those kids credit. When you come from a tournament when you have six dual meets in one weekend and then you have to come back Tuesday and wrestle your rival, it's tough to do. Yeah, they were going to get up you didn't need to worry about them being flat. But they had a long weekend. Those kids had to come back and make weight. Give them a lot of credit for what they did and what they accomplished. We came out and did what we had to do. We just came up a little bit short.

Softball Canada wants us to bid on the next one right away,

I don't think it's been officially announced. You're hearing it from my mouth. It's official. I'm retired. I don't know what the details are in making it official. Don't know, don't care. It just means I have to be on TV again.

I'm still grateful I get the honor to put my country's name on my chest as a coach.

We couldn't get a three (pointer) to go down. We just didn't make enough shots and we turned the ball over too much.

He's done a heck of a job in taking Incarnate Word to a new level. He is a master marketer he knows how to keep the name of Incarnate Word in the spotlight.

I don't know if someone caught wind of it or not. But I mentioned it to a couple people. Tony called, we talked for a little while. The subject came up and he said, 'If you want to come out, come out.

If we could get the fans here to wear what they want while we're batting and then when they come up to bat, if everyone would put on a black shirt, it would really help us out in the field, ... The glare from the red and white people are wearing makes it hard to pick the ball up off the bat.

It was a long shot. I know my time's up. I've accepted it. People ask me if I'm all right with it. Am I supposed to get ticked off I had really strong feelings on the day that we were eliminated. I knew it then. That's what I was feeling like I was.

It's very unfair for Barry when there are other guys who could be talked about and ripped -- because I see it, and you guys (the media) see it. I'm not naming names, but you'd have to be blind, you know

In a lot of places this would've come off hokey because there's not the tradition this place has. It works here because it's not contrived. It's genuine. It's real.

Those weeds have been reduced by the 70-80 percent range in my counties (Lake and Chaffee).

We're the WWF outfield, I guess, ... We've been through some rough times, but we're good to go. Our pains are minor right now.

That's one thing we stressed, was working to not give up the bonus points. I said, if we brawl with them for six minutes, let's see what happens. Our kids gave a great effort. Last week, we didn't wrestle to our top against State College. We were kind of lethargic, really lazy. It was a lackadaisical performance. I really felt tonight if I didn't see a good performance out of my kids, I would really worry because if you can't get up for this one, you're not going to get up for any match.

I've never heard 43,000 people just shut up like that. The noise just ... wasn't there.

My body is really telling me no. Playing for Team Canada would be a great honor. Not being able to do that, I knew I was done. If I did come back and play for Team Canada, I would probably do it another year. But I just feel like I can't do it. My neck is still achy.

We couldn't get to the free throw line for some mysterious reason. We couldn't get a three to go down, we didn't make enough shots and threw the ball away too much.

When you come here and the expectations are really high then the failure hurts that much worse. You want it so much for the kids. When things don't work out the way you planned, it's frustrating and upsetting. Things didn't work out for us in the morning and then it just snowballed. We were never able to get out of it. But we had great effort and the underclassmen got a lot of experience.

I tried to do something as simple as unloading some wood from my truck and the next day I was in a neck brace. I'm not going to put my body through it. My time is up, unfortunately.

I'll miss it to a certain extent, but I've always said when the time comes (to retire) I would know it and I'd quit doing. I felt like this was the time.

They're both real versatile for us in that that they're 6-2, 6-1 and they can defend on the perimeter and inside. They're great kids. They come to practice and work hard all the time. They're fun to coach.

By and large, we're looking at lower pollution values with bio-diesel.

It's fun winning. It makes it enjoyable to go out there every day. It's just a matter of how I feel. If the tolerance level is acceptable, then I am able to get through the game all right.

I hate it when people retire then come back all the time. I don't know if they need more applause or what they need. But I've announced it and it's done.

That was a match we needed to win, going head-to-head with Bald Eagle. Garrett came out and wrestled six minutes. He deserved to win.

It was an ugly night, ugly swings, ... Tonight, like every night, was a big challenge for me. Fortunately, if he threw 100 pitches, that was the worst pitch he threw all night, and fortunately it was to me.

We were at triple-match point, now we are at double- match point, to use a tennis term, but we still have a steep hill to climb,

With our global community entering a less certain oil future, over the next 10 to 25 years, there will be a major transition to agricultural-based bio-industries.

The thing I'm worried about is this deferred money these people have to pay in 10 years, 20 years. What's going to happen then We really couldn't get any answers on that.

He's shooting for 40 wins. If he gets that, he'll be on the podium. We're going there with aspirations of winning it all but realistically, our goal is to be in the top eight. We want to make sure he's on the podium Saturday night.

Suppan brings consistency, but he needs to start hitting home runs, ... It's exciting. It's always exciting to see pitchers hit home runs. He probably never thought he would be the one to do it. It was a pathetic home run trot, but it was fun to watch.

If we have more heart and desire than they do -- and I believe we do -- we'll do OK. Baseball is not a game played on paper. On paper, they win.

Your band is going to a local restaurant to get the waste oil to run its engine, there's folks down in New York City very interested in that.

I thought I saw signs that maybe he was hurting with the leg. He got up to the plate and never swung. It looked like he didn't want to get on base a second time.

I travel all over the Western United States for weed programs and I have yet to see as complete of a weed management program as the one we have here. It is probably one of the better programs in the country.

I was mad at the pitch before being called a strike, I was mad I swung at that, and then he hung me one, ... So, madness, madness, happiness, all in the matter of a minute. Stupid.

One day I was driving between Canon City and Dodge City, Kan., and I conducted a windshield survey on salt cedar trees. Based on an average width I conservatively estimated that those trees would drink 700,000 billion gallons a year.

Usually with every injury you put it aside and you just go out and do it. The only time you're reminded is if you do something you're not able to do and you feel it, but I won't be thinking about it, it'll be another game.

Our vision is to rethink how many of the material needs of society can be met by using renewable agriculturally based raw materials, ... it is one of very few institutions in the world that can bring together so many physical and life scientists, engineers and social scientists with the talent and interest in sustainable development, or that has access to so many bright young minds.

We just want the kids to attack. We'll count up the takedowns at the end of the year. We want them to be aggressive, to not shut down for six minutes. We want them going for major decisions instead of regular decisions, tech falls instead of majors, falls instead of tech falls. We want them getting team points, to buy into the team concept, and they're starting to believe in it.

The kids gave a good effort. The guys were fighting out there in every match. We avenged a loss to them so we'll take that.

They're on Pacific Coast time. It took them awhile to wake up.

I ran today in the field for the first time. If I say I am going to play tomorrow after running in the field once in the last three weeks and taking BP twice, that's jumping the gun right there. I don't want to get in a bad situation and mess up something else.