Justin Smoak Quotations

I talked with coach (Ray) Tanner after (Saturday) about maybe pressing a little bit. He talked about relaxing and having fun, and it finally worked out for me.

I was trying to be too good too early, and you can't do that at this level. Everything is faster and quicker and the pitching is a lot better in college. I'm finally started to see the ball better and was able to hit hard a few times.

We've been playing well, things just weren't going our way. Early in the season, things were going our way. But that's baseball.

We hit the ball pretty well at Kentucky but had some mental errors that cost us. It was fun to get back out in front of the home crowd, and I got a couple of pitches to hit and got lucky with them.

We hit the ball hard today. It was just right at people. Sometimes it just doesn't go your way.

This is the biggest crowd we've had so far. You've got a good team over there and a good team over here. It's real exciting. It's a great atmosphere.

It's like a totally different level here. It's a different game, you've just got to adjust to it. The hitting is the hardest part. But you've just got to relax and have fun with it. You can't really stress up there.

It's going to be great. The other guys will tell us about how it's going to be and so far it's been going good.

It's tough a little bit, but the older guys help you out and get you used to everything.