Reggie Sanders Quotes (47 Quotes)

When I come back, I want to be able to help this ballclub, ... Not just be a body on the field. So I've still got to run the bases (in practice), and I've still got to do a couple more things.

Somewhere around there, ... I made a mistake when I gave that date. I said ,'Uh-oh.' So, I'd better backtrack a little bit.

My objective is to see pitches, to see the ball coming out of his hand.

I felt good today, then I hit in the cages and got extremely dizzy. So I'm not ready.

It felt like I had never played baseball before and I was glad to get that one out of the way, ... was real nice.

The return of injured players is happening at the right time, ... because we'll need all the horses when we go into the postseason.

I'm very happy with where I am. If you'd asked me that a week ago, I wouldn't have said that. But now, today, it's different.

You don't judge a team by its record, but its heart and tenacity, two things you either have or you don't have,

It's sort of like crawling before you walk, ... It's a combination of calf and ankle. I do some manual strengthening with the trainers, some stabilization exercises and some ball work, too.

Everything is all about timing, ... I had the luxury of when I came back for three weeks not to be under any pressure, just get out there and do my thing. I think things are paying off.

I feel pretty good, ... I expected it to be worse.

It feels like a long time, ... It's going to be the jitters all over again. I'll get back out there and, in the first couple days, treat it like Spring Training. Get out there and get my feet wet again and just take it one day at a time.

I'm a lot older, experienced -- and you learn how to really house all the emotions that you may go through under the pressure, ... You know, for me, talking with Hal McRae, the Cardinals' hitting coach, having a game plan and sticking with it and not altering it has been a plus, too. So really, it's just the experience, more than anything.

Everything is about timing, ... I had the luxury of when I came back for three weeks (in September) not to be under any pressure. I'm just glad things are paying off. There have been (other) times when I've been hot, but it was kind of shoved under the table. So now things are finally going in the right direction for me.

It's really about going out there and having a team that can get to postseason and then from there, continuing to move forward, ... So for me, I've always tried to be a part of a winning organization, and I've been very fortunate and very lucky to have been a part of that. For me, that's all that I can ask for. I'm very grateful for that.

I think you truly don't know how it is until you actually get in the game, ... Then you can alter from that. Going in, getting work every day, taking flyballs, running, hitting, whatever, that's not a game situation. ... When it's game time, you've got to go out there and do what you need to do.

My first at-bat, my emotions were all over the place, ... So you really sit back and think about what was going on. . . . You learn over the course that it's all about how you can house those emotions.

Carpenter did an amazing job, ... We all knew he had had a couple of bad outings. But there was no doubt in my mind he would be the Carpenter we knew and we had seen all year.

I think I've been in some good situations where I've been on teams that needed a couple key players but already had their nucleus intact,

Just being in the lineup, it's no big issue to me, ... It's a matter of getting out there and playing. It's been a while, it definitely feels like a long time, and I'm kind of getting the jitters all over again.

Not at all. You look back seven years when the transition really started to happen, you rarely have a Mike Sweeney that's been with a team for so long because the dynamics have changed.

I definitely feel like there's a more level playing field over the last few years and a lot more clubs have high hopes now.

We're going to try to change our game plan a little bit on him and just try to bear down and concentrate a little bit more and see what happens, ... That's all we can do. He has given us trouble, but hopefully this go-round we can do what we need to do.

I hold the record, but I wasn't aware of that and then it was brought to my attention. Once I understood that, it was pretty cool. I'm going to add to it. You've got this right.

This is under such a big magnifying glass, and everything is heightened, ... There are other times that I've been hot but it's shoved under the table.

We all know if this team was full strength, what the outcome probably would have been. But for me, I think what sticks out the most is just the heart of players going out there hurt. Granted, things didn't turn out the way we wanted, but to me, I'm thinking about playing hurt as opposed to not playing at all. For guys to go out there and show heart, what more can you ask for

He's a faithful guy, ... He's worked really hard this year to show this team that he's worthy, and now to get the opportunity to do this for the first time ... I'm just so very excited for him.

Usually, bench players don't get as much time, ... We have to filter them in any way that we can, so they can get those at-bats. So, I hope they can continue to stay as hot as they are, and when we call upon them to go out and play again, they do as well as they did.

Yesterday I felt pretty good, but then I forgot I was on drugs. I got off the drugs last night and wasn't as good as I thought I was going to be. So, we just have to wait.

I'm a little sore but it's crunch time so I'll definitely be out there.

It's him knowing himself and what he's capable of doing. And he has a knowledge of every hitter. He knows what he wants to do and he hits his spots consistently. That's why Roger is Roger.

You've seen a variety of teams having success and that creates a belief across baseball that if you stick together, great things can happen.

That game showed a lot of heart. We could've just laid down and accepted it.

I know the heart of David. I played against him in the World Series in 2002. I know that he's a feisty, tough guy. He has this relentless attitude. It doesn't surprise me what he's doing.

We're just glad we have it over. We have a big series coming up next. We're just going to take a little time off and get ourselves ready.

This is a team that really gets up for this series, and it's a great series to play in and watch. You definitely can't take the Cubs lightly at all.

With experience, you learn how to house those emotions and focus on what you need to focus on, ... A lot of times you get too involved with outside forces instead of what you need to be worrying about.

It's not emotional anymore, ... It's not a head game anymore, because I've been able to come back for two or three weeks. Now, I'm in the groove where I need to be.

Winning is an attitude. Winning is being able to go out to have a relentless attitude. Yeah, you can teach that. It is going to take a lot to understand. It is a group effort, not an individual effort. We have to try to embed that in their heads.

He worked a lot more away than normal. Then, he spotted inside later. And his fastball had better velocity.

It's exciting. We all know that postseason play is a lot of fun. It can make or break you, too.

Once I got off the pain medication I wasn't at the level I thought I was, ... I think the pain medication was talking more than the body was. But the time I got off the pain medication and I got here, it wasn't good.

That was a ball that just kept carrying, and for me, I didn't want the wall to play me I wanted to play the wall, ... So I just wanted to jump up and use the wall as a crutch, and that's all I really could do on that particular play.

Lima has always been Lima. He tries to get you caught up in his world, ... He did tonight.

it was a lot worse than I thought it was.

When you get the juices going, when you're in the moment, ... it's very hard to calm down.

It's good to have that good news and go from there. I've still got a lot of healing to go, so for me it's trying not to overdo it.