Willie Randolph Best Quotations

If you're physically fit and take care of yourself, you should be better later in your career. I had my best year before I retired.

If you go into a series always looking for him to show you something, he might show you. I go with what I feel at the time. I'm going to pick my spots and do what I think is best at the time and live with it.

Everyone is strong early in the season. I think it's best to wait a little longer and see if the trend sticks. I just think some good hitters are off to some good starts.

Winning like we did ... it might have proved something to the Phillies. But that doesn't matter as much as proving it to ourselves. Coming back is the best way to go. A 'we-can-do-it moment.' Yeah, I like that. Because we can do it.

I view it as a real competition. You have to go out and win the job. I've been told by management to play the best people.

It was good to see him relax a little bit and get going. Obviously, spring training is not the best barometer for how you base these guys but, you know, he was 0-for-20 or whatever and he had a couple knocks so that's why you don't put a lot of emphasis on games like this because you can turn it around in one day.

He's having a nice little spring down at Triple-A. Right now, we feel like he's the best option for us. We'll bring him up and get him started.

I felt good about the match-up. Bonds is a great hitter, but my closer is one of the best in the game.

He didn't have his best stuff, but made pitches when he had to. He showed me something.

He didn't have his best command tonight. He was a little bit erratic. You know, he always finds a way. It wasn't one of his best performances.

He's one of the best hitters in baseball. I've seen him for a long time. This is what I expect from him.

Every situation is totally different for me. Every team that faces Barry Bonds has the same dilemma. You just pick your spots in the course of the game and you try to make the right decision and hope that it's executed. It's no different than any other team. Obviously, he's still a presence and obviously he's still one of the best hitters in the game and you have to be very conscious of him.