John Lombardo Quotations

There's no need to force-feed him. He's a college guy, so he's been there and done that. He's a little ahead of the curve, so the fact that he's not playing now is not the end of the world. The last thing we want to do is rush and put him in a position where he gets re-injured or takes a step back.

It's such an individual thing with the Winter Leagues. It is difficult to work day-to-day with the players because more often than not, it is not your staff handling them.

His care and concern for athletes was only surpassed by his willingness and enthusiasm for educating athletic trainers and young physicians in sports medicine,

Overall, as a group in general, it was a tremendous success. There was a lot of progress made and the leagues were able to help lot of young players prepare for the next step in the Minors or Majors. It was encouraging to see guys take off and do well.

He's been impressive early on. We want Hank to be part of this thing for a long time, so this might be a better opportunity for Emerson to do some things. He has the potential to be an impact player behind the plate. He took the switch very positively and wants to learn and get better. We know it's early, but based on what he did last year with the bat and the potential he has defensively, it's an intriguing package.

It's certainly a tough field, but that's what makes it fun.

I'm not prepared to say where the big three will wind up. All different levels, all three had success last year, but they took their lumps as well. This spring will be a very telling factor for all three.

You always prefer to finish under green-flag conditions, but I'm not complaining,

With his focus and determination, he's been very impressive. He comes from an educated baseball family and he's learned the game from some very good people, so in that regard he's ahead of the game. He already has some intangibles that the other guys don't have. That, combined with his natural ability, mechanics, arm strength and his feel for pitching, says there's definitely something there.

Motivation through fear was Woody's biggest coaching tool,