Ned Yost Hard Quotations

He seems like a very quiet, confident veteran. It's hard coming to a new clubhouse. He knows exactly what he's trying to do and is setting out to do it.

It's hard to do what Mac was trying to do,

It's hard to find guys who can play second, third and short. You can find guys who can play second and third, or short and second, but it's hard to find all three.

It's hard to find guys that can play second, third and short,

Tomo was very crisp today. He was sharp, he was throwing his fastball as hard as he has all year.

Our guys, what they're doing is they're fighting real hard to try to get out of it. It's defeating the purpose.

The main thing we've been focusing on is our team defense and I thought our team defense was very, very good today on a very hard and fast infield. So I was pleased with that.

That's going to be the hardest thing I'm going to have to do this season is finding Billy Hall playing time.

We're going for the win, and Prince has a better chance of hitting a home run. That's the hardest thing to do in baseball. You have to have a special frame of mind going up there. He's got that special mind-set.

Not only are they so good talent-wise, they're so good in every phase of the game. You come in here and play them, you know they're not going to beat themselves. They're going to play the game hard and they're going to play the game right. If you sit back and wait for them to make mistakes so you can win a game, you're going to be in trouble.

He's done everything we've asked him to. He's worked very hard on his defense and played very well defensively.

The harder you fight, the worse it makes it, and you end up getting pulled out and you drown,

The hardest thing will be finding the clubhouse, because no one knows where they're going. But I think we'll manage that.

The bullpen just struggled. They hit the ball hard and they found the holes.

It's hard when you're going to take the best 30 players out of the United States. It's a tough task. It doesn't motivate us. We have good players. We have confidence in what we're trying to do. We don't need that to motivate us.