Mike Martin Quotes (44 Quotes)

I don't think there is any question he is one of the biggest surprises of the year. This guy has done very well defensively. He's raw but has very good talent. He can handle diversity. And he's an athlete.

I think it's just something we've got to address. We're playing .840 baseball right now and we are striking out a lot. The main thing is don't get too carried away. We're not facing chopped liver (on the mound).

This is very humbling. Any time you receive recognition from your peers it is extra special. ... It is one of the highest honors I have ever received.

That's what our goal is every year to be ranked No. 1. It's exhilarating. Obviously, it puts a bull's-eye on your chest, but that's OK. Let's go out and play. It's a nice way to be recognized. It's March 13, and to stay No. 1 the rest of year is impossible. Let's enjoy it and improve.

He didn't pitch poorly. He made good quality pitches. There were a couple of balls that were into right that were dying quails. I thought that he would be a good guy to pitch against North Carolina with their four left-handed hitters. Had he pitched poorly tonight we would have gone with anybody else.

I like competition and he has a chance to show what he can do against a very good Florida team.

We did get a lot of production from that part of the lineup tonight. Certainly that's what you have to have to win baseball games. You can't just depend on one, two, three, four.

I'm glad he's admitting to his guilt. I'm relieved that there won't be a trial, but there's still some unfinished business. I just want some careful consideration of the sentence. I want the evidence to be presented thoroughly and thoughtfully.

Barret threw OK. He is a guy who continues to need to work on his change-up. I thought he showed some great pleasure and got it done.

It's their decision in terms of what they want to do, and we are fully prepared to walk away on Dec. 8. We've put our cards on the table.

We did a good job in all of areas of hitting. We had some quality at bats. We got a lot of guys on base and had some timely hitting. We had a sloppy inning where we gave up some runs but what impressed me the most was we turn around and answered with two in our half. We showed some maturity.

That's a surprise to me because he did so much for college baseball.

Automatically, everybody asks wheres Marty, because hes just been the face of this program for so many years. Its different not having him around.

I know what death feels like. I know what death looks like. It's a companion.

We had some very good at-bats and we had some at-bats that we needed to improve on. But overall it was a well-played game by us and a game we needed badly.

You couldn't have kept (Malone) out today.

When you have inside and outside, it creates problems for us. Against a good team, you can't make mistakes. This is a team that's beaten Wingfield, Lanier and Murrah.

We know there are great players over there, don't get me wrong. But the main reason we go there is for the fans. There are a lot of teams that come here and we just play (them) here. But the great support that we receive from our fans in Jacksonville makes it very important to me that we go over there.

That one was ugly. I don't think that one bad game is anything to jump on. As far as 33-8 and 13-6 in the league . . . you can't panic. You can't look at anything other than we did not get it done.

When you are playing the University of Florida and you are a Seminole you want to compete hard and play well and certainly you don't forget that they beat you the year before. But we have to move on to the next ballgame. Certainly we're happy.

The leadership is crucial, that they not go up there and do something that they are not capable of doing. All three have shown good discipline up there.

It was hailing the size of golf balls. I've heard people say that before, but I've been in Florida in 42 years and never saw anything like that.

We're not afraid to give him the ball in any situation. He's a great guy to bring in the middle to face left-handed hitters.

They had outstanding weekends, no doubt about it.

Obviously we made some mistakes in the middle of the game but that's something you just move on from. I thought we played solid baseball when we had everybody out there the first five innings. We played pretty good defense and we had some good at-bats. It was a good opening weekend.

Danny is getting more confident. Mike (Jr.) has spent a lot of time with the last couple of days on staying behind the ball. And he's doing a lot better with that. I really feel he is just a few at bats away from being confident.

We just need to take it game by game before we start pushing buttons. Bryan Henry is an outstanding pitcher. It was unfortunate he was a little bit un-Bryan-like (Friday night).

We're hoping he gets a positive diagnosis from the doctor. He was OK and then went up there and his hand was hurting. We don't have an answer. We're certainly anticipating him being ready for the game at Jacksonville on Wednesday.

He was really cooking. I must say it just took the wind out of my sail when the base hit occurred. It was a beautifully pitched baseball game.

Here he is thrown into a conference series starting for the first time and catching Bryan Henry. He was very impressive, and he was the only catcher we had up there (available).

Every university has the right to do what they did. The fact that they didn't give him the release, that's their decision.

It's a real good win for us. For them to have the opportunity to play where the professionals play, that's a feeling I hope they never forget.

The opening ballgame is different than any other. The adrenaline is at an all-time high.

We're going with the same lineup that we've gone with the majority of year.

We can't control anything but us. All we can control is the way we play out there on the course.

The issue doesn't seem to lend itself to a compromise. People love this valley because it is unique. We'll only become more unique with time as the place that didn't develop.

I know there are a lot of good players in the region, but as far any player meaning more to a team than she did, it'd be hard to find.

We're cautiously optimistic and if he is available it will be one of the biggest surprises we've had in a long time - for him to recover this quickly.

The main reason we're keeping it this way is that Tyler pitched on Sunday. That would not give him enough days before his next start.

He's a guy who you love working hard for every day because you see his passion and his commitment to win. He's a guy who's extremely loyal, and you love playing for him because you know he's in it just as much as you are. He's all about winning.

We have a number of guys that we can choose from - Caleb Graham , Jimmy Marshall , Travis Burge , Ryan Strauss and, of course, Michael Hyde .

With Florida the following Tuesday, we will sit down and talk about (the rotation). Mike pitched very well and really gave us a big lift. I want the competition. Barret is certainly a guy that we're going to give the opportunity to. (Top two starters) Bryan Henry and Tyler Chambliss are setting a standard for those guys to go after.

They will sneak up on you if you don't watch out.

Our coaches sort of laughed, because we were in the right position to make the play. We just said, 'That's OK, we'll come back and make it up,' and they did.