Tracy Smith Quotations

To me there is no solace in one-run losses. Good teams win close games, and we have go to start winning them.

The schedule is something we wanted to address. We think with the addition of Miami (Fla.) and some other changes we made to our mid-week opponents, we have taken steps in the right direction. We will always try and play the best teams in the nation during the non-conference portion of our schedule to better prepare us for Big Ten play and beyond.

Of course we want to beat in-state teams, but we try to de-emphasize the opponent, because the real opponent is us. I do caution the guys that the other in-state schools will be gunning for us because of who we are.

We want to go down to Charlotte and win, make no mistake about it. We expect to win three games, but at the same time we want to learn about ourselves as a team. But ultimately, it's all about winning.

He's not Superman, so we're going to treat him like any other guy. Hopefully we can do a good job of keeping him off the bases. When he gets on there, he makes it happen.

Faith is the only thing we have right now.

We're battling, we're just not getting over the hump. We just need to get that big hit or make that big play.

I've been telling our guys all along that our season starts this weekend when Big Ten play begins.

Things took a turn on the field and from that point is when we started to get going.

He reached to tag him with the ball and he was a foot away from the guy. But umpires don't win and lose the game. If we do what we're supposed to do, we're not in that situation.