Mike Gillespie Great Quotations

This year the magnitude of the variability is probably greater than we've seen in as long as I can recall.

L.C. should make an instant impact in our program. He is a great shooter and he is blessed with exceptional quickness.

What we've told our players is (Wright) might be the best pitcher that we will face. And we're playing a great schedule. We're facing some really good pitching. But this guy's on the short list of the best guys in the country.

I'm very proud of him, ... For me, personally, he's certainly one of our very best stories and one of the best baseball stories we've had. I'm always impressed by guys who beat long odds. When you hear these stories of guys who were undrafted as juniors and have beaten the odds by long shots, I think they're great stories.

He became a good player as a sophomore and a great player as a junior and senior,

I think Morgan is on the shortest list of the best players we've ever had here, ... I would have said that without him getting to the major leagues because he had a great career for us.

It was very hard-fought ballgame. I'm proud of the way our kids played. They (South Carolina State) did a great job of preventing us from getting the ball to Sanders and Elliott.