He said he was going to quit. He wasn't going to play baseball anymore. The organization was going crazy, because you don't want a guy like that on the bench sitting. What they did, they kept (Fermin) up there. This is to one of the best players ever to play the game.
He's been the benchmark for every player that's ever played the game, at least in my generation.
He's been sitting on the bench all night, catching pitchers, a junior starts in front of him, and he didn't mope. I was very confident he would put it into play. ... He's the heart and soul of our team.
He's a very dedicated kid. Most impressive is, whether Donnie wins or loses, he's cheering on the other kids from the bench and that takes class.
I think it's quality depth. A lot of teams have a lot of players, but our bench is productive, probably as productive as any team in the country.
We stopped playing our No. 1 point guard for no reason, and as a team we didn't know why. The chemistry has all been shifted. That bothered me. You got (McInnis) sitting on the bench and we're losing.
I don't know exactly what happened, but somebody made a mistake at the school. He's back on the team now. Height-wise, he provides a physical presence, so helpfully with him back we'll be tougher. It makes the bench a little deeper, so that's great.
I don't expect the market to have sharp movement today, with the benchmark index likely to hover within a range of 100 points.
I wouldn't be surprised, once the benchmark number comes in, that we're going to be much closer to 2 percent than the current growth of 1.3 percent.
Jackson played a great game. Our bench stepped up and did a nice job of rebounding and screening.