Mike Gillespie Quotations

It was very hard-fought ballgame. I'm proud of the way our kids played. They (South Carolina State) did a great job of preventing us from getting the ball to Sanders and Elliott.

He became a good player as a sophomore and a great player as a junior and senior,

It's pretty dry down there. It's looking like a drought situation for a big part of the southwestern part of the country.

He's poised. He's not going to get rattled. He's an experienced, quality pitcher.

It has been trying to get a little bit better at a little bit of everything. We felt it was a chance for them to get a little fresher. It was just more of the same. We did play two inter-squad games, simulations of real games. I think it was time well spent.

This year the magnitude of the variability is probably greater than we've seen in as long as I can recall.

We had a tough week. We needed a win ... You don't like to talk about these things like they're cancer treatment or heart surgery, but in our little world, it was very important. It would've been a rugged trip home.

He's another guy that's cool, consistent and not afraid. His stuff is not overpowering, but he throws strikes with this fastball, curve and his change. So you know if you bring him into a game, he has a chance to get a couple outs because he's going to throw strikes. He's been very good for us, particularly against left-handed hitters.

It's maybe not quite as bad as we had thought earlier on. They do have good reservoir storage down there from last year.

The thing that creates the sleepless nights is concern over injuries.