Brian Graham Guy Quotations

Patrick was just a wonderful person. He was the guy who lit up the room.

Certainly, the coaches deserve a lot of the credit because they've kept these guys going. In addition, the rest of the team has maintained the level of play that's necessary to be successful.

You can't put a time-table on anybody. Sometimes it's necessity. Sometime it's the right circumstance. But I'm fairly confident that you're going to see all of them eventually. That talent in these guys is just too great.

The experience at the higher level for pitchers is invaluable. For example, the idea that when he attacks a batter inside with a fastball and then tries to double up with a fastball and the guy hits it. You need to start recognizing and realizing hitters' tendencies as a pitcher, and you need to pitch off your experience.

This guy does a lot of things well. We have to decide where he fits best and where his best development slot is. It's not a matter of where he plays. It's gotten down to a matter of where he hits in the batting order.

There was a need early on with the Pirates that you had to bring guys to the big leagues because you had to have people to fill positions.

You have a room full of about 60 college guys and you couldn't hear a sound. It was devastating for us,

Mike Johnston is a competitor. He's a guy that cares about his job. I have confidence that he's going to get back to the big leagues.

What a great thing to have your first-year kids learning lessons from a guy who played the game like that.