John Patterson Quotations

If it turns out that Routes 1 and 138 is not feasible then we would look at Slocum again.

We told them before the game that the game was going to be won or lost on the boards, and they took it to us on the boards.

He saw me flip my glove, and that's how frustrated I am,

I was able to eat more this morning. I had my pancakes. I didn't try the eggs, ... I still don't feel great, but I'm glad I got something in my stomach. I drank a lot of water and Powerade.

Overall I felt good, my arm felt good. Mechanically out of the stretch I don't feel quite where I want to be, but it's an easy fix.

Our bus driver was great. He had the directions to the coliseum down there and he followed them to the letter. We took this turn and went down this road and we ended up dead-ending right into swamp. I don't think we'll have any problems finding the coliseum this week. I know my way this time.

Rock is a big-time hitter. He'll bring it. He's going to be one of the leaders on defense.

Sterling and Scooter are great character guys to have on your team. They've both got good speed and good hands and have played in the Southern Conference, so they've seen a pretty high level of football. They both can catch the ball in traffic and that's a key indoors. There's not a lot of space out there, so they've got to be able to take a hit.

I was happy with the way I was pitching, but I needed to go deeper in games. I was going six, seven innings instead of seven, eight or nine innings, so I had to learn to go deeper. Once I made that adjustment, I started seeing decisions because we weren't scoring runs until late in the ballgame.

It definitely changes the way the ball feels. If you get a new baseball, it's slick, it's hard to hold on to. If you put some mud on it, it gives you a better grip.

When you weigh it against senior services and social services I don't think recycling is a critical need. I'm looking at priorities. If you're talking about what's important, recycling is not in the same category as firefighters.

We planned on (the zone) being a wrinkle. It ended up being a whole quarter type of thing.

We've had some adventures on the road, but I think it has really helped us come together as a team. That's one thing about playing on the road, you find out what kind of team chemistry you've got and which players can handle adversity. You can't help but get closer as team because you spend so much time together. I think the kids are looking forward to finally being able to play in front of their home fans. I know I am. I think it's going to be a great atmosphere.

This season is more important to me than the World Baseball Classic right now. There are goals and things I want to achieve this year during the season that meant more to me than playing in the World Baseball Classic.

We were pretty beat up last week. That's not an excuse. I'm not taking anything away from Osceola because they've got a very good football team. I would have liked to have played against them with everyone healthy.

We didn't hold up our end of the bargain. The first time through the rotation, we didn't do a great job.

Everything today went really well. My mechanics felt better than that one inning I threw against the Korean team. The breaking balls still aren't there yet, but my fastball and changeup felt real good.

I shouldn't have done it. He thought I was showing the umpire up.

It would take a miracle at this point.

People seem to be excited to have us back in town. It does have a neat feeling in this stadium.

Compared to the Bay Area, it was a better place to raise children and to achieve a better work-life balance.

You're never out of a game in this league.

They were just much more physical than we were. I'm a big believer that most of the time, the aggressor wins. (Friday), they were the aggressor. Most of the time, we have been the aggressors this year.

This pending immigration legislation is of great concern to law enforcement. Local governments should not be asked to do that which the federal government can't or won't do. We do not have the resources or capacity to serve as immigration officers without great loss to other areas of law enforcement.

This is what I've always believed that I could do. I mean, if I would have given up on that I don't know how far I would have eventually gotten. I believed that I could turn it around and get over the injuries, get healthy and go out and pitch and show the potential that everybody thought I had early in my career.

It was really hard for me to get frustrated, because I felt so good, and I was making good pitches. It was just Hennessey and Bonds.

It's an intense, intense ballgame when you put the United States of America on your chest. You are fighting tooth and nail for your country. Health was a risk, and the risk to the reward didn't seem like it was there for me at this point in my career.

That's accumulated stress. Pitching in all those one-run games over a period of four or five months, it can wear on you. It can wear on you physically, and it can wear on you mentally.

It's strange. Last year, you couldn't beat us here. We need something good to happen to us.

That guy's amazing. He comes to the park every day and works hard. We're a much better club with him.

I want to be out there, but I have to get better. It's not a big deal,

It was good to get back to RFK and get that feeling again.

In all my years I've never seen anyone called for a personal foul penalty like that. Their guy moved early and we hit him and we were called for a personal foul. That was a huge play.

I just want to repeat the point that this is not supposed to be a speedy method but a good government option. The process should be reasoned, reasonable and it should not be easy.

I'm learning at a very fast rate right now. I feel like I can do things now without worrying about looking over my shoulder, whether I'm going to be hurt. It's been an amazing year.

I really want to make this push to make the playoffs. All I was thinking about was getting a win and pushing this team closer to playoffs.

I don't know how he hit it. We were all talking about it after we came into the dugout. It's like fighting Ali. You make one little mistake, and he makes you pay. You realize, at some point, Barry's going to get you.

I don't know how he hit it. We were all talking about it after we came in the dugout.

He's an explosive player. He's an integral part of our offensive football team.

I caught my back spike a little bit, just tossing the ball in there, and I said, 'Oh, my gosh.' ... But I didn't think about it during the game at all. I was thinking about throwing strikes.

I feel better, ... My energy level's going back up. I'm feeling some strength coming back. I'm eating better. All the things that go along with being sick -- eating and my energy -- are getting better.

These guys need a rest. It's late in the year. Quite a few of them have 70 appearances. They have been big for us all year. Coming back tomorrow with a little more fuel would be good.

The games were so close, the preparation time was fairly easy for us. The kids executed the game plan very well.

The fields are all the same. They're 80-feet wide by 50-yards long. That doesn't change from one arena to the next. We hadn't been inside until we played our first game against Arkansas. I think the kids will be able to adjust pretty easily.