Final Quotations | Page 3

We're finally grasping the big picture. That's why this opportunity is so important for us now. If we can continue to keep playing with that focus, then we'll become more consistent and we'll be building on something that can sustain us regardless of who we're playing and hopefully into the future.

We're finally getting to the point that we want to play at. We're pitching, playing solid defense and getting some timely hits.

We're finally getting those crossing passes out to her. Of course Carolyn's scored all of our goals ... but we'll take that.

We're finally getting healthy. It's a lot of little things. We held some kids out so they could get healthy.

We're finally getting consistently good news on the labor markets and even an occasional positive surprise like today's report.

We're finally getting a bigger piece of the pie.

We're ready to finally win in the tournament this year. That's what the schedule and all the hard work has been about.

With the players that we have, we've got a staff that's able to take us to the next level. The final answer is what the manager's going to say. There's not going to be any other influences. We know that Jimmy Leyland is the captain of this ship.

With what Mike is planning to do at the drivers' meetings on Saturday, prior to the Busch race, and on Sunday is going to sort of give our guys, I don't want to say a final warning, but I think they'll clearly understand that we're going to do what we need to,

We knew we weren't going to the Elite Eight or the Final Four, so Sunday was all about pride. We wanted to come out and show people that we are a better team than the score indicated Saturday.