Mike Forest Quotations

Today's facilities more closely resemble private apartments in their configuration and amenity packages. Suites and efficiency apartments are more prevalent, as are amenities such as vending, ATMs and technology infrastructure.

The thing that he is, that probably sticks out a little bit on our team, he's really quick. He moves to a spot really quickly, he can get off his feet quickly, get into a shot quickly. He makes a back cut, he separates from people. We don't have a lot of people who can do that.

Ike was going to have to work his way into the rotation with the guys we've got back. Any rookie needs experience. It's not something you step in and dominate. The best place for that would have been exhibitions, but that's not available to us, so we have to go to Plan B.

The New London GOP has to start branching out to the ethnic communities in the city.

It wasn't the best game of baseball that we have played, but we played with energy and were able to get the win. Maine deserves a lot of credit for the way they played. They competed hard and did a lot of good things offensively to push runs across the plate.

Your loyalty is more naturally to your teammates and coaches. If you've been around a few years like me, you develop a bond with the city and the whole concept of a franchise. But that's hard for a lot of guys to do these days.

You never feel comfortable. You're constantly making adjustments anyhow, ... It's such a day-to-day thing because you never know who's going to be there struggling each day, especially when you've got new guys coming in. I'm sure they'll be new guys (next spring). There will be turnover.

Their kids did a better job of making adjustments than ours did. It's baseball in Maine this time of the year and you have to deal with it.

We can play power football with him down after down, ... He can take that punishment.

I would say since the Second World War, it was the most interesting time to be the foreign editor.