Ritch Price Quotes (13 Quotes)


    San Diego is a team that, like some of those others on the West Coast, always was good and had a good reputation locally, but people didn't know a lot about nationally. (Hill's) been doing a good job out there for a while.

    We had out best guy going. I pay them a great compliment. They played hard today, played well defensively and put some good swings on the ball. They beat one of the best guys in the Big 12 Conference today.

    Our administration wants to be good in all sports--not just a power in basketball. They've put 1.5 million into our facility and given us the budget to travel and play good teams like Stanford and Clemson. Kids want to play those teams, and you get better by playing them.

    I think their coach made a good decision. The umpire went and talked to him and he was in complete agreement. Their players were saying their hamstrings were hurting from running in the grass and he didn't want to lose anybody.

    When you're trying to rebuild a program and gain respect, wins like that give you credibility right out of the gate. It makes a huge difference recruiting-wise. It's not the same old Kansas.


    We make that crucial error right at third base and they jump all over us like good teams do.

    It's a tough week for us because of the 3 o'clock games in the afternoon, which makes it tough on the kids academically.

    I actually think baseball players like to play every day. I think you see the ball better and you're at better rhythm at the plate. I think the more you play, the better you are.

    It's the first time he has struggled this year. It happens to everybody. It happens to Mariano Rivera a few times during the course of the season as well. I'm glad he was able to gut his way out of it. And thank goodness we put that four-spot up in the bottom of the eight, or it could have gotten really interesting.

    The first inning, I'm standing on that top step and I know he is from San Diego, where he always pitches in warm weather in paradise. I was shocked at how he pitched in those conditions.

    We're starting to peak at the right time. We peaked last year in the last month of the season. We've played our best baseball these last two weekends. If we can continue to improve then we've got a shot to play for something special here at the end.

    We try to get these kids to have fun. Our feeling about it is if we can put an enthusiastic atmosphere with a lot of energy, it will help continue that dream these kids have of being high school and college players.

    We showed a lot of composure and maturity, and for Morrison to make two great defensive plays after that and then hit that crucial two-run double to put us ahead, speaks volumes about how he is trying to grow as a player.


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